What emotional abuse does to your brain
The Minds Journal has a video on how emotional abuse affects your brain.
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Emotional Abuse is becoming more and more predominant today due to communications tools such as social media and the press. Many leading story lines are run on soaps making people more aware of what is happening behind closed doors. Physical abuse is well documented and there are legal steps people can take to stop physical abuse.
Emotional Abuse is much more subtle and often victims are often not even really aware that its taking place. Victims can spend a line time living under the shadow of another person living someone else’s life and been controlled.
Emotional Abuse can start as a child and carry on into adult even as a senior. Anyone can be a victim and the perpetrator also can come from all walks of life. Often perpetrators don’t realise they are manipulating, abusing, bullying another person.
If as an adult you are not living your own life or feel another person is controlling or overinfluencing your decisions then this is emotional abuse. Often people will turn a blind eye to this and say” they just care for me and have my best interests in mind” this is often not he case.
If you want to know whether you are suffering from emotional abuse, then simply answer these questions. If you answer Yes to some of these, you might want to take our test.
• Does your partner insist he or she is always right and you are always wrong?
• Do you have the feeling that your partner wants you to admit that he or she is superior to you?
• Do you tiptoe around your partner for fear of triggering an angry outburst?
• Does your partner withhold material items or affection?
• Is your partner often grumpy or irritable?
• Does your partner threaten you?
• Is your partner selfish and uncooperative?
• Do you and your partner often get into verbal arguments?
• Do you feel unloved or misunderstood by your partner?
If so you can take the test, look at the on National Helpline or contact one of our experts who can help you decide if you are suffering from emotional abuse.
There is information available which will help you formulate your action plan – both on our site and on external sites.
MindDrive is all about knowing your own mind. Taking control of your life and making sure your in the driving seat.
PersonalityDrive covers all aspects of personality, including personality disorders and a section on locus of control, which is about taking responsibility for your own life.
Knowing yourself and taking personal responsibility for your life is key to avoiding emotional abuse. Recognising everyone has an opinion and its good to seek others advice but that’s what it is advice. Advice which you can dissect and then come to your own conclusion.
People look at things differently. Some people believe things happen to them, while others believe they can influence what happens to them. Technically this is called the ‘locus of control’. People can have an Internal or external Locus of Control
People tend to take more responsibility (locus gets more internal) as they get older. However, external isn’t always bad – for example if you are physically unable to do some things you can accept it and focus on the things you can do. This American video explains the concept and gives examples of how this can affect relationships.
The awareness centre shows you the clear signs of emotional abuse and how to deal with them.
We have experts that can help you identify situations and work with you to enable you to take control of your life.
Healthline.com not only gives you examples of abuse but also how to overcome them.
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The Minds Journal has a video on how emotional abuse affects your brain.
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Our questionnaire is from couples therapist Abe Kass, MA RSW RMFT CCHT, who also authors GoSmartLife. More than a million individuals have taken this scientific-based Emotional Abuse Test!
It is 15 simple questions with multiple choice answers, and it give you a score which can indicate whether you are suffering from emotional abuse. If you are, you can contact the Refuge Helpline
You can take this questionnaire on at least one external site.
facealife have a test for psychological abuse which doesn’t require an email address
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