Emotional abuse is a form of abuse that is too often overlooked. From books, to television shows, to social media accounts, emotional abuse is made to look normal or not as damaging as it truly is. Relationships between characters or people in real life are idolized without people fully understanding how toxic they are. Emotional abuse is too frequently downplayed and not seen as an issue because of the tangible evidence of other kinds of abuse such as physical. However, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd portrays how damaging emotional, psychological, or verbal abuse can be, especially in children. Emotional abuse is so dangerous because of how often it goes unnoticed or ignored, even by the person doing the abusing. This kind of
