Emotional abuse causes intense pain and leaves huge, invisible scars. Imagine if you could see them …
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Cruel words cut to the bone, and the wounds they leave sometimes never heal. But the pain lives beneath the surface, and survivors show no visible signs of harm. This video leaves an indelible image that will forever change the way you think about emotional abuse.
Photo—ChildLine/YouTube
(hope this doesn’t pop up twice; my first attempt seems to have failed) My outgoing husband had a tendency to lose his temper often, more over the past 4-5 years really, and it was pretty bad. I thought about whether or not it was emotional abuse, but no one really wants to think about angry outbursts in those terms. Regardless, he made an effort to remind me that “I” was the only person who brought that out in him and hinted that it was usually my fault because I made him so frustrated. I think people get frustrated because they… Read more »
I have thought about the topic of emotional abuse often and am sure that if I really looked at it, that’s exactly what I experienced in recent years with my outgoing husband. It’s hard to admit, especially because he always excused his behavior by telling me that “I” was the only person who made him get angry and speak hurtfully. I suppose that is part of what makes it “abuse.”
“emotional abuse doesn’t exist because WOMEN ARE JUST TOO SENSITIVE”
I have seen this type of article written so many times and each one I agree with. Everything I hear from survivors of abuse says to me that words hurt MORE and LONGER than physical abuse, physical wounds heal, emotional ones don’t. I believe that to be true, any physical abuse I have suffered in my life has long since healed but the emotional scars will be with me forever.
SO, I have to ask, WHY does every major DV campaign focus on the physical abuse?
Here is my answer in 3 words
“MEN ARE BIGGER”