There is no universally accepted definition of emotional abuse. Like other forms of violence in relationships, emotional abuse is based on the need to use power and control over the life partner or relative.
It is more prevalent in a situation of unequal power, like between a parent and a child.
This situation by which an abuser maintains control over the abused person, can have different forms.
There is emotional abuse present in all the ways anyone can:
· Make someone feel rejected, refused; disliked, useless or inferior;
· Make a person feel degraded: name calling, insulting, humiliating, ridiculing;
· Ignore physical/mental needs: denying him/her affection, love or life support;
· Dehumanize a person: treating him/her as an object;
The earlier the emotional abuse is shaping and defining the relationship style, the more long lasting the effects on the abused person. Lack of identity, lack of self-esteem;
constant paranoia of other's intentions; general mistrust; depression, and in general a basic difficulty to see him/herself as an entity worthy of respect, are some of the consequences.
Healing emotional abuse includes giving recognition of the abuse, plus appreciation, and respect to the abused person.
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