When a person designs subjugate or control for another person by posing fear, verbal utterances, corporeal assault and humiliation is considered as an abuse. Emotional abuse counseling services assist individuals who have encountered such assaults. These strategies are essential in helping individuals who have experienced abuse such as criticism and verbal abuse and other behaviors like manipulation, refusal to be pleased and intimidation.
It is like brain wash that is, systematically wearing away at the self-confidence of the victims, sense of worth, self concept and trust in their attitudes and perceptions. Whether this is done by constant intimidation, belittling and berating or under guise of teaching, guidance or advice, the results are often similar. In most cases the recipient of such abuses loses all sense of self as well as remnant of personal value. This psychological torture cuts to every core of a person thereby creating scars which are far deeper and more lasting than physical ones.
Emotional abuses have been categorized into dimensions such as minimizing, aggressive and denying. Aggressive is defined as a form of cruelty involving calling nicknames, blaming, intimidating, accusing and ordering. These behaviors are viewed as obvious and direct.
Aggressive abuse may also takes a direct form where abuser may be disguised as helping. They criticize offers solution, advising, probing, analyzing and questioning another person may be a sincere attempt to assist. In some situations, such behaviors may try to control, belittle or degrade rather than helping. The underlying principle being I know it beat attitude. This situation is not appropriate thereby subjecting unequal footing in a peer relationship.
Aggressive abuse can takes a scenario whereby the abuser distinguishes him or her as assisting. For example, in their attempt to assist, they criticize, advising, analyzing, advising, offers solution and questioning sincerity of such assistance. In some situations these behaviors can be an attempt to belittle, control demean rather than offering help. This is often associated with I know it all attitude. The approach is creates unequal footing and inappropriate.
A form of denial is often known as invalidation that is the abuser tending to undermines and distorts the emotions, perceptions and attitudes about the world around them. This is witnessed where a victim may confront an abuser about a happening of name-calling. The abuser may deny the incident and pretend that they are not conscious of the situations being discussed. Another form of denial is withholding. In this happening, the abuser may decide to refuse to communicate, refusing to listen and emotionally moving back as a punishment. This strategy might also involve countering where she or he imposes opinions on the victims and denies opinions which are against theirs.
Minimizing is seen as minor form of denial by most psychologists. For example, telling the victims that they are sensitive, blowing things out of proportions and exaggerating. Meaning the victims interpretations, emotional perceptions and attitudes are incorrect and should not be depended on.
Trivializing also occurs when the abuser suggest that what is done or said by the recipient in unimportant or inconsequential. This is a subtle type of minimizing. Minimizing and denying can be damaging. In addition to creating conflict, lowering esteem and not validating reality, experiences and feelings can lead people questioning and mistrusting their emotional and perceptions of experiences of the victims.
It is like brain wash that is, systematically wearing away at the self-confidence of the victims, sense of worth, self concept and trust in their attitudes and perceptions. Whether this is done by constant intimidation, belittling and berating or under guise of teaching, guidance or advice, the results are often similar. In most cases the recipient of such abuses loses all sense of self as well as remnant of personal value. This psychological torture cuts to every core of a person thereby creating scars which are far deeper and more lasting than physical ones.
Emotional abuses have been categorized into dimensions such as minimizing, aggressive and denying. Aggressive is defined as a form of cruelty involving calling nicknames, blaming, intimidating, accusing and ordering. These behaviors are viewed as obvious and direct.
Aggressive abuse may also takes a direct form where abuser may be disguised as helping. They criticize offers solution, advising, probing, analyzing and questioning another person may be a sincere attempt to assist. In some situations, such behaviors may try to control, belittle or degrade rather than helping. The underlying principle being I know it beat attitude. This situation is not appropriate thereby subjecting unequal footing in a peer relationship.
Aggressive abuse can takes a scenario whereby the abuser distinguishes him or her as assisting. For example, in their attempt to assist, they criticize, advising, analyzing, advising, offers solution and questioning sincerity of such assistance. In some situations these behaviors can be an attempt to belittle, control demean rather than offering help. This is often associated with I know it all attitude. The approach is creates unequal footing and inappropriate.
A form of denial is often known as invalidation that is the abuser tending to undermines and distorts the emotions, perceptions and attitudes about the world around them. This is witnessed where a victim may confront an abuser about a happening of name-calling. The abuser may deny the incident and pretend that they are not conscious of the situations being discussed. Another form of denial is withholding. In this happening, the abuser may decide to refuse to communicate, refusing to listen and emotionally moving back as a punishment. This strategy might also involve countering where she or he imposes opinions on the victims and denies opinions which are against theirs.
Minimizing is seen as minor form of denial by most psychologists. For example, telling the victims that they are sensitive, blowing things out of proportions and exaggerating. Meaning the victims interpretations, emotional perceptions and attitudes are incorrect and should not be depended on.
Trivializing also occurs when the abuser suggest that what is done or said by the recipient in unimportant or inconsequential. This is a subtle type of minimizing. Minimizing and denying can be damaging. In addition to creating conflict, lowering esteem and not validating reality, experiences and feelings can lead people questioning and mistrusting their emotional and perceptions of experiences of the victims.