Emotional violence is a complex of actions that have a negative impact on the psyche of another person. This can be verbal exposure, insults and cries, other types of emotional pressure, degrading.
Signs of emotional abuse
The following symptoms clearly illustrate that a person experiences emotional violence:
- sudden depression for no apparent reason;
- the desire to be shielded from the whole world;
- low self-esteem ;
- constant anxiety, gloominess, nervousness, fearfulness;
- the appearance of suicidal tendencies, excessive craving for alcohol.
Types of emotional abuse
The following types of emotional violence are distinguished:
- ignoring - towards a person are treated with an emphatic indifference;
- isolation - a person is forbidden to perform any actions;
- blackmail - a person is bullied by words or actions;
- humiliation - over a man mocked in a rude form, constantly insulted;
- unpredictable behavior - a person literally does not know what to expect from his "executioner" in the next second.
How to resist emotional violence in the family?
Most often, people are subjected to psychological pressure at work or in the family, and if in the first case you can just quit, then in the second case you can not solve the problem by "running away". But, in any case, emotional violence over self does not tolerate. It is necessary to stop feeling like a victim: realize, finally, that you are not worse than others, you are not at fault. Insult and humiliate you no one has the right. Look at the offender directly in the face and boldly announce it. Surely the house tyrant will be embarrassed and leave you alone, because he is not used to repelling you. If the emotional abuse in the family is exposed to a child, a teenager, then he can seek help from a school psychologist or call a special helpline.