EMOTIONAL ABUSE IS SERIOUS AND CAN TRIGGER OR FUEL MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL ILLNESSES

EMOTIONAL ABUSE IS SERIOUS AND CAN TRIGGER OR FUEL MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL ILLNESSES

Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is suffering from emotional abuse, please get out of the situation, help the victim, or seek help.

“Emotional abuse can happen to anyone at any time in their lives. Children, teens and adults all experience emotional abuse. And emotional abuse can have devastating consequences on relationships and all those involved. Just because there is no physical mark doesn’t mean the abuse isn’t real and isn’t a problem or even a crime in some countries.

One definition of emotional abuse is: “any act including confinement, isolation, verbal assault, humiliation, intimidation, infantilization, or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth.”

Emotional abuse is also known as psychological abuse or as “chronic verbal aggression” by researchers. People who suffer from emotional abuse tend to have very low self-esteem, show personality changes (such as becoming withdrawn) and may even become depressed, anxious or suicidal.” (The Healthy Place)