Psychological Abuse, is also known as psychological violence, emotional abuse or mental abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder.
In a study of 1,000 women 15 years of age or older, 36% had experienced emotional abuse while growing up; 43% had experienced some form of abuse as children or adolescents.
In this paper I will be talking about Psychological Abuse as a personal topic, as a child this was one of the hardest things to go through. It’s not something you chose nor want for yourself mentally. I know you can’t choose your parents, but if the option was there (knowing how …show more content…
Without the visible signs of physical abuse, Psychological abuse can be hidden for years. Psychological abuse can be just as devastating as physical abuse, Psychological abuse can mess with your inner thoughts, feelings, it basically can take over your life. It could mess up so many good things for you like; relationships, friendships, and even the relationship with yourself. you aren 't always hurt physically but it feels as painful, it could affect your physical and emotional well-being, Emotional abuse can, and does, happen in all types of families, regardless of their background, it can also happen anywhere; at home, at school, in relationships, and where you work, bullies are everywhere. Most parents usually want what is best for their children. However, parents tend to emotionally and psychologically harm their children for so many reasons like; stress, poor parenting skills, social isolation, lack of available resources or inappropriate expectations of their children. They also may emotionally abuse their children because their parents or caregivers may have also done that to them. Some people ask ¨if youŕe not being physically hurt then whatś the problem?” but I think that just because you can 't see the scars, doesn 't mean that they 're not there, no one ever suspects anything, which will make you feel so alone and will leave you feeling bad for …show more content…
I don 't want to remember the days of feeling alone and abandoned by my parents, one of the biggest issues I had was knowing their feelings better than my own, my mom use to always yell at me for the littlest things, with her, I always felt labeled, she 'd always call me some kind of name if I didn 't do something in the way that she wanted, she 'd call me things like; lazy, dumb, worthless. She called me them so often that i actually believed that they were
In a study of 1,000 women 15 years of age or older, 36% had experienced emotional abuse while growing up; 43% had experienced some form of abuse as children or adolescents.
In this paper I will be talking about Psychological Abuse as a personal topic, as a child this was one of the hardest things to go through. It’s not something you chose nor want for yourself mentally. I know you can’t choose your parents, but if the option was there (knowing how …show more content…
Without the visible signs of physical abuse, Psychological abuse can be hidden for years. Psychological abuse can be just as devastating as physical abuse, Psychological abuse can mess with your inner thoughts, feelings, it basically can take over your life. It could mess up so many good things for you like; relationships, friendships, and even the relationship with yourself. you aren 't always hurt physically but it feels as painful, it could affect your physical and emotional well-being, Emotional abuse can, and does, happen in all types of families, regardless of their background, it can also happen anywhere; at home, at school, in relationships, and where you work, bullies are everywhere. Most parents usually want what is best for their children. However, parents tend to emotionally and psychologically harm their children for so many reasons like; stress, poor parenting skills, social isolation, lack of available resources or inappropriate expectations of their children. They also may emotionally abuse their children because their parents or caregivers may have also done that to them. Some people ask ¨if youŕe not being physically hurt then whatś the problem?” but I think that just because you can 't see the scars, doesn 't mean that they 're not there, no one ever suspects anything, which will make you feel so alone and will leave you feeling bad for …show more content…
I don 't want to remember the days of feeling alone and abandoned by my parents, one of the biggest issues I had was knowing their feelings better than my own, my mom use to always yell at me for the littlest things, with her, I always felt labeled, she 'd always call me some kind of name if I didn 't do something in the way that she wanted, she 'd call me things like; lazy, dumb, worthless. She called me them so often that i actually believed that they were