Emotional psychological abuse from your intimate partner is as clear as the day is long when on the receiving end. But for the bystanders, it's ambiguous.
Some people will even tell you that when you are the abused, on some level, you become a bystander. It is as though you take yourself out of the line of fire simply to survive the blows of spousal emotional abuse . . . and ultimately exist.
You hate being hated. Your tire of being told how inadequate you are, how you are lacking...deficient...defective. You grow to expect darts in your own home and recoil in anticipation.
Read Dr. King's entire article Spousal Emotional Abuse - How to Break the Cycle of Emotional Psychological Abuse
Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationships Expert
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