Emotional Abuse: What Are the Signs?

Do you recognize the signs of emotional abuse? You may experience these signs if you are living with someone that physically and verbally abuses you? You may also experience these signs with others you don't live with, such as brothers or sisters and friends or neighbors. I wasn't able to recognize the signs immediately. I was too caught up managing life with my children not considering either my own issues or needs. I was trying to keep things afloat so that life looked grand from the outside--from the perspective of others--and life did look just fine from the outside; so it was very easy to convince myself that everything was okay. What's really crazy, though, is that even if outsiders suspected something, they didn't say a word or do anything; everyone lived in this bubble of silence. This bubble of silence is the craziest thing in the world when you reflect on it, but it happens with child abuse, too! No one wants to get involved.

These are just five signs of emotional abuse, but they are pretty significant. If you are in an emotionally abusive relationship, do you think it is the time to start reflecting on what is "really" happening in the relationship. I know it's hard. I've been there. I was scared in my boots. But by starting to reflect on your life as it really is is the beginning of change. Reflection and awareness; it's the beginning of truth, and it's the beginning of creating self-worth.

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