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Ways to Recognize Emotional Abuse
- Mar 12, 2016
- Puts you down, embarrasses, humiliates or shames you.
- Throws tantrums.
- Demeans or disregards your opinions, ideas, suggestions or needs.
- Refuses to communicate.
- Has difficulty apologizing.
- Uses sarcasm and unpleasant tone of voice.
- Interrogates you intensely about relationships and activities.
- Intentionally puts you in scary or harmful situations.
- Exhibits extreme moodiness.
- Dominates or controls you.
- Can't tolerate others laughing at them.
- Withdraws from affection or sex.
- Puts you on guilt trips.
- Accuses you of being too sensitive.
- Controls finances and how you spend money.
- Threatens to commit suicide if you leave.
- Expresses unreasonable levels of jealousy.
- Calls you derogatory names.
- Ignores you.
- Attempts to control what you wear.
- Repeatedly points out your mistakes, flaws, shortcomings; overly critical.
- Tells you that you will never find anyone better.
- Engages in affairs or provocative behavior with others.
- Accuses you of cheating or is possessively jealous.
- Keeps you from sleeping.
- Isolates you from talking to or seeing your friends, family or coworkers.
- Belittles or trivializes your accomplishments, aspirations or plans.
- Tells you that you’re crazy.
- Threatens to hurt you, your children, your family or your pets.
- Rarely validates your opinions.
- Doesn’t allow you to make decisions.
- Constantly calling or texting when you are not with him/her.
- Treats you as inferior.
- Demands to know where you are every minute.
- Views you as an extension of them, not as an individual.
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