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What is mental abuse?
Mental abuse
What is mental abuse?
Mental abuse is a recurring ill-treatment in order to dominate, control, offend, humiliate the person being exposed. Mental abuse is harmful to the mental and physical health of the victim and damages self-esteem seriously and in the long term.
Mental abuse is a form of mental and emotional torture. Some of the techniques are recognized from torture prisons around the world, such as switching between heat and violence, threats to harm the next of kin, several hours of interrogation with absurd accusations, presenting lies to manipulate certain answers and "confessions", outbursts of anger , derogatory notices. It is a form of brainwashing and never has anything to do with love.
Mental abuse is the first step to physical abuse. The next step may be to hit objects or the verbal attacks begin to occur in front of other people before the abuser finally physically attacks his partner. The mental abuse then continues in parallel with the physical abuse. There are also abusers who only abuse mentally.
Mental abuse seriously damages the victim's self-esteem and self-esteem. In the long run, the victim will doubt his judgment and even his human worth. To lose one's self is to be robbed of the most important thing a human being has.
Mental abuse seriously damages your health. Living under the stress of having an everyday life filled with violations and insecurity causes a dangerous stress. It can cause physical symptoms such as high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, headaches, muscle aches, gastrointestinal problems. It can also cause mental illness such as depression, panic disorder, sleep disorders, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts.
The strong bond that is sometimes created between the parties in an abusive relationship is not love but a bond that is due to emotional dependence. The victim becomes increasingly dependent over time as her self-esteem decreases.
Abuse is almost always escalated. The abuser rarely changes his behavior once he has started abusing.
