Trish’s Mental Health Resources Blog

Here are some of the things that can indicate emotional abuse:

-He/she ignores your feelings

-He/she ridicules, insults you and/or men/women as a group

-He/she ridicules or insults your most valued beliefs, religion, race, heritage, or class

-He/she withholds approval, appreciation or affection as punishment

-He/she continually criticized you, called you names, shouted at you

-He/she withholds money or coerced you to turn over control of your money

-He/she has been irresponsible with marital debt, ruining your credit

-He/she isolates you from family, friends, and community

-He/she threatens your family with physical injury

-He/she humiliated you in private or public

-He/she refuses to socialize with you

-He/she takes your car keys or money away

-He/she regularly threatened to leave or tells you to leave

-He/she threatens to kidnap the children when he/she is angry with you

-He/she abuses pets to hurt you

-He/she accuses you of having affairs

-He/she manipulates you with lies and contradictions

-He/she puts you down by name calling, telling you you’re crazy, stupid or ugly, saying no one will ever love you because you’re just not good enough

-He/she lies or cheats on you

-He/she plays mind games and/or making you think you’re crazy

-He/she not taking responsibility for their actions; blaming you for things that are their responsibility

-He/she tells you what to do, what to wear, who to hang out with

-He/she makes decisions without consulting or considering you

-He/she uses guilt trips to manipulate you or even threaten to commit suicide if you don’t do what they want

-He/she is extremely jealous

-He/she keeps constant tabs on you