8. The women that… Rage at them Call them names Criticize their mistakes
9. The women that… Rage at them Call them names Criticize their mistakes Joke about their insecurities
10. The women that… Rage at them Call them names Criticize their mistakes Joke about their insecurities Mock their interests
11. The women that… Rage at them Call them names Criticize their mistakes Joke about their insecurities Mock their interests Trivialize their pain
12. The women that… Rage at them Call them names Criticize their mistakes Joke about their insecurities Mock their interests Trivialize their pain Yell at them suddenly
34. Withholding When a women refuses to empathetically listen, validate, or share emotions. She withholds thoughts and feelings. She thus destroys the core of what sustains an intimate relationship, intimacy.
38. Discounting Discounting causes partners to believe something is truly wrong with their feelings, thoughts and experiences. It causes a feeling of worthlessness.
42. Blocking and Diverting Blocking and diverting controls the discussion. When she BLOCKS, she will negate or nullify your statements. When she DIVERTS she will end the discussion, claim confusion, or “tiredness” with the subject. This prevents any possibility of resolving conflicts.
46. Judging and Criticizing The verbal abuser judges her partner’s thoughts and actions and then expresses her judgment in a critical way. By doing this, she continues her controlling behavior.
48. Trivializing By trivializing his actions, opinions or perceptions, she is in essence saying that he is less significant that she. She thus tries to maintain her power over him.
50. Undermining Undermining not only withholds emotional support, it erodes confidence and determination. This makes her feel that she can more easily control him.
52. Threatening “ Do as I say or else…” Verbally abusive threats are usually targeted directly at the victims deepest held insecurities. The ultimate statement of power and control.
54. Name Calling Simply put, this is the most overt and obvious verbal abuse there is. Name calling is the ultimate nullification of his “self”. In other words “You do not exist”.
56. Forgetting Abusive forgetting, i.e. “forgetting” appointments, agreements, and/or incidences is a form of manipulative denial. The abuser bluntly denies the partners existence. In doing so she shuts down any possibility of communication. Its like talking or living with a brick wall.
60. Denial She feels that she in not accountable. She could read all of these categories and say "I love you, I'd never do anything to hurt you." She may even believe that herself.
62. Abusive Anger By being abusively angry, the abuser is saying; “ As long as I am scary and threatening to you I can have my way”.
63. If you are the victim of emotional abuse there is help available:
64. If you are the victim of emotional abuse there is help available: Consult Your Family Doctor
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66. If you are the victim of emotional abuse there is help available: Consult Your Family Doctor Consult your Lawyer Learn as much as you can on the subject
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