Signs of emotional, verbal, and mental abuse:
- always blaming you for things out of your control
-making you feel worthless
-humiliating you in front of other people
-demean and or disregard your opinions/suggestions/needs
-use of sarcasm or teasing to put you down and lower your self esteem and self worth
-claim you are too sensitive instead of taking ownership of how they are treating you
-Correcting your behavior
-Make you feel like you need to ask permission to do things or make decisions
-claiming they are always right and you are wrong
-pointing out your flaws continuously
-cant laugh at themselves or others laughing at them
-make excuses for their behavior
-repeatedly cross your boundaries
-call you names either to your face or behind your back
-emotionally distant most of the time
-no empathy or compassion
-pouting and or withdrawing to gain attention or get what they want
-play the victim, deflect blame to you instead
-don’t notice or care about your feelings
-deny their guilt when confronted
-making subtle threats to control you or frighten you
-Withholding information/thoughts/feelings
-denying you have any right to your thoughts or feelings
-claiming something they said that was upsetting to you was just a joke
-deciding what topics can be talked about and ignoring all others
-making what you want or do seem insignificant
-making you question yourself
-blaming you for things out of your control
-Calling you names that put you down
-always going out of their way to find something wrong to comment on
-forgetting promises/dates on a regular basis
-messing with your emotions and thoughts
-making you second guess everything
NOTE: Some of the signs fall under more than one type of abuse. Please if you or someone you know has these signs in any of their relationships get help. Get safe. You are not alone. We are here for you. I was abused and I wish i saw this list before so I would have known earlier.
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