You’ve probably heard about physical abuse in relationships, but do you know about emotional abuse?
Emotional abuse is a form of manipulation, verbal assualt, control, and brain-washing that slowly erodes the victim’s sense of self-worth, security, and trust in themselves and others.
It can leave mental and emotional scars that are deeply painful and debilitating. On this page, you’ll learn about the various signs and forms of emotional abuse and how to deal with them.
You know when you're sitting on hold during a customer service call, and it seems to take forever to get someone on the line?
The same thing happens when a narcissist ignores you.
Now, imagine if the customer service representative intentionally kept you on hold just to get a rise out of you.
That's the level of game-playing going on in the egomaniac's mind.
The more you want to talk to him, the less he's going to respond.
Are you in a relationship where you feel like you’re going crazy?
You’ve lost yourself, and you just don’t know what to believe anymore.
If so, you may be a victim of a gaslighter.
Gaslighting is a form of manipulation and control where a person tries to twist your sense of reality.
This is abusive behavior and should not be overlooked.
However, it is possible to turn the tables on a gaslighter and take your power back.
Everyone, at some point, has to go through an emotional healing process.
Once you decide you’re done pretending everything is good enough in your world, you’re ready to move past the first stage of emotional healing.
No one would consciously choose to stay in stage one.
It’s meant to draw your attention to something you’d rather forget.
As resourceful as it is at finding distractions, your brain keeps reminding your that your pain is real.
It’s up to you to commit to the healing process — even though it exacerbates the pain for a while.
Words have enormous power.
They can lift us up or crush us.
They may be no more than utterances from our mouths, but the intention behind them can pack more joy or pain than the most loving touch or the cruelest physical blow.
If your husband is using words as weapons to hurt, shame, or manipulate you, the pain is all the more excruciating.
Unfortunately, verbal abusers tend to attract people susceptible to their insidious and hurtful use of language.
As a caring, loving, and sensitive wife, you may unknowingly be the victim of a verbally abusive spouse.
It may have begun slowly and sparingly, only to devolve into his chronic communication style that makes you question everything.
Let’s examine how your husband’s use of words might be abusive and what you can do about it.
Like a horror movie scene when the victim thinks she’s free, only to find out the monster isn’t dead after all, you’ve got another round of narcissistic nuances to deal with after the relationship (finally) ends.
When a narcissist realizes you have moved on, don’t be lulled into a false sense of emotional safety.
It might be a hard conversation with a new partner, so let’s educate you on yet another phase of the narcissistic cycle.