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WHAT IS EMOTIONAL ABUSE?
You have been emotionally abused if another person has done any of the
following to you:
- Ignored your feelIngs or made fun of them.
- Put down women as a group (for example called them crazy or stupid).
- Withheld approval, appreciation, or affection to punish you.
- Constantly criticized and called you names.
- Told you nothing you do is ever good enough no matter what you do
or how hard you try.
- Yelled and screamed at you.
- Insulted friends or family, driving you away.
- Put you down in front of others.
- Avoided socializing with you (for example goes out with you but then
ignores you).
- Kept you from working or going to school, controlled your money, made
all the decisions, demanded that you ask permission to do or say, anything.
- Didn't let you use the telephone, opened your mail.
- Refused to work or provide a share of expenses.
- Taken car keys or money.
- Destroyed, sold, or given away things that were important or of value
to you.
- Kept you from talking to or seeing family or friends.
- Threatened to hurt your family or friends.
- Punished or kept things from the children when angry at you.
- Treated the children extra nice, leaving you out, when angry at you.
- Threatened to kidnap the children if you ever left.
- Blamed you for any problems, real or made up, with the children.
- Abused or killed pets to hurt you.
- Bragged about affairs to hurt you.
- Accused you of having affairs.
- Tried to control you with lies or contradictions.
- Threatened to commit suidde if you left.
- Told you that it was your fault when a person abused you, that you
asked for it, deserved it, or liked it.
- Denied that the behavior is abusive or minimized it by calling you
lazy or stupid, or telling you that you made it up.
- Threatened to tell or told your employer or family that you are a
lesbian in order to get you fired or have your children removed.
- Threatened to use weapons against you
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