People who experience emotional abuse may face a range of mental health consequences, such as low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence, depression and anxiety.
How does emotional abuse manifest
Emotional abuse has different manifestations: devaluing a partner, his thoughts, desires and aspirations, making caustic comments and offensive jokes, gaslighting - an attempt to make the victim doubt his own feelings and memory: “it seemed to you,” “you’re making it up, this didn’t happen.”
The aggressor initially withdraws emotionally and shows no interest in the feelings, emotions and affairs of the victim.
Then suddenly he becomes an attentive, sensitive and gentle partner again.
This behavior forces you to constantly be on guard, to be at a loss about the reasons for the sharp and sudden change in mood.
How is psychological abuse different from emotional abuse
Psychological violence is verbal or non-verbal violence with the aim of humiliating and subjugating another person.
Emotional abuse is the constant and deliberate infliction of emotional pain on another and the failure to accept their feelings.
This is not necessarily a direct insult or shouting at a person.
What kind of people become abusers
People become abusers for a number of reasons: Mental disorders and mental disorders.
For example, psychopathy (reduced ability to empathize), narcissism (a person puts himself above others, believes that people can be used to achieve his goals), Machiavellianism (personal focus on controlling others).
