What is mental abuse by a mother?

Answer 1

Women and men can be verbal abusers.: The following recurring thoughts indicate you are being mentally or emotionally abused by your spouse or lover. "Sandy has no right to do that." "I had better not tell Harry or he will be mad again." "I'd better keep this private to avoid being criticized again." "I can never do anything right with Chris." "I can't stand it when Erin does that to me." "Sometimes I think Natalie is tearing me apart with her mouth." "Bob is always so sarcastic." "When Pat talks to me like that I feel really small." All abuse takes a toll on self-esteem. The abused person starts feeling helpless and possibly even hopeless. In addition, most emotional abusers are adept at convincing the victim that the abuse is his/her fault. Somehow, the victim is responsible for what happened. Emotional abuse can take the form of: * Extramarital affairs * Provocative behavior with opposite sex * Humiliation and put-downs * Hypercriticism * Refusal to communicate * Use of sarcasm and unpleasant tone of voice * Unreasonable jealousy * Extreme moodiness * "I love you but..." * "If you don't shape up, I will..." * Domination and control * Withdrawal of affection A common form of emotional abuse is "I love you, but..." That sounds so sweet, yet it is both a disguised criticism and a threat. It indicates, "I love you now, but if you don't stop such-and such, that love is of short duration." It is a constant put-down that works on your self-esteem. And mental abuse often has some threat involved such as, "If you don't shape up, I will..." "If you leave me, I'll go off without a trace. You and the kids will never find me and never get a penny from me." All abuse takes a toll on self-esteem. The abused person starts feeling helpless and possibly even hopeless. In addition, most emotional abusers are adept at convincing the victim that the abuse is his/her fault. Somehow, the victim is responsible for what happened. Mental abuse is a blow of death to your self-esteem. Often the first step in leaving the abuse is obtaining counseling to rebuild that esteem.

Answer 2

Mentle Child abuse is one of the worst abuses. This one consists of truama that could last for a life time. Most mental child abuse comes from parents or gardians who put people down, or treat them like they are nothing. They alienate children for.... reasons that no one is sure of. This could come from telling them how fat and ugly they are, or to treating them as though you couldn't even bare to be in the room with them. That is Mental Child Abuse.

Answer 3

Mental and emotional abuse means someone is making you feel less of yourself, generally for their own satisfaction and gratification. This abuse is a means for controlling you. They may use guilt in order to make you obey them. You have the right to a happy life without being controlled.

QuestionWould it include being told that you will never accomplish anything in life, and they always say they are disappointed in you? Or would using a lot of threats, like saying they will put you up for adoption be considered abuse? Answer

Yes, absolutely. Abuse is a pattern of control. Threats, and derogatory statements in repetition is abuse.

QUESTION:

Would being told that you are nothing, that your worthless, be emotional abuse? Would being neck pinch nerved and twisted arm bhind your back while being pushed down harshly into your bedroom be physical abuse? Would yelling and slapping being abuse?

I don't know. THis is what my father and guadiran do to me. I Tend to have the symptoms of sexual, physical, and mostly emotional abuse a lot. I can't help it, I seriosly can't.

Answer 4

Mental abuse is a pattern of behavior or speech that makes you feel you are being played with, controlled, and intimidated. When you are the victim of mental abuse, you find yourself feeling more and more insecure, less and less vibrant, and more confused; you feel as if you need to ask your partner for permission to do things, buy things, go places. You may even feel that you need to ask permission in regard to your spiritual preferences.

To put it in a nutshell, mental abuse has you scratching your head and wondering if you are losing your mind. You wonder if it's you, if maybe you're making a lot of mistakes and hearing things incorrectly.

Answer 5

* Psychological abuse (mental) is the same as emotional abuse and subjecting an individual to bullying tactics such as threats or, as they say in today's society 'head games.' These bullies can take away the self confidence of their victim and sometimes render them brain washed into believing they will never make a go of it on their own or they are ugly; fat; the opposite sex wouldn't want them; they are stupid because they may have not got high enough marks in school; or, in the elderly threatening to put the elderly person in a home if they do not conform to the abuser's wishes. Mental and emotional abuse can be between couples in a relations; siblings; elderly abuse or abusing one's peers.

Answer 6

When they always are putting you down calling you hurtful names, calling you things like useless, ect..