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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Psychological Abuse


Psychological abuse commonly also known as mental abuse, emotional abuse or psychological violence, is rapidly growing and becoming too common is the current era. 


What is Psychological Abuse

So, let’s begin with what actually is psychological abuse or violence? It is a type of abuse considered by a person exposing another person to a sort of conduct which eventually results in psychological trauma, anxiety, depression or being mentally sick. This often results due to power imbalance; like abuse at workplace, bullying etc. 


Indications of Psychological Abuse

There are different indications that lets one know that a person is going through a psychological abuse. If, the signs of physical abuse are not visible, psychological abuse may remain hidden for years. 

Psychological abuse, may also disturb your inner thoughts and feelings as well, which might result in you loosing control over your life. Being a victim of psychological abuse, you may feel insecure and unsafe at your own home. 

Effects of Psychological Abuse

This certain abuse can, destroy intimate relationship, friendships and even your own relationship with yourself. Psychological abuse may start with just to check what will be other persons reaction but it may turn in to something horrible and devastating for the rest of that person’s life. 


Symptoms of Psychological Abuse

Let’s focus on some signs and symptoms of psychological abuse; Name calling, for instance calling someone fat, dark colored or short heighten. Yelling at someone to keep them under pressure and get some work done from them, insulting a person in front of others, threatening someone of threatening them of taking something away from them which is quite precious to them. 

These are not only forms of physiological abuse, here are few more; imitating at a person, mocking a person, ignoring someone on purpose, letting out(isolating) someone so that he feels that he is alone and has no one to talk to or discuss with, and excluding them from decisions. 


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