Continuing the conversation of emotional abuse.
When someone experiences emotional abuse, they are often subjected to negative and hurtful comments that attack their self-worth. These experiences can leave a person feeling powerless, worthless, and insecure. Over time, repeated emotional abuse can cause a person to doubt themselves. I mentioned previously that gaslighting was often used as a tool to make me look like I was crazy. Due to the constant emotional torture, I did feel I was losing my mind.
The sad thing was despite all of the counselling sessions, my pleas for a change of behaviour, and for the abuse to stop, It didn't. You can't change people. If they have made up their mind that this is how they want to live, Then you have to decide on whether are you going to continue in the abusive situation or are you going to leave.
The truth is you can work with anybody who wants to change and Is taking steps to be better. The hard questions that you may need to answer are. What are you willing to put up with and for how long? How much damage to yourself are you willing to endure?
Sometimes putting boundaries in place are effective measures to let the person know that bad behaviour will not be tolerated. Thankfully I have heard of stories where boundaries were enough to help stop disrespectful behaviours for good. It all depends on the individuals involved. How do you make those boundaries and what if they don't work?
Ideally, a safe counselling session to work through all these questions would be the best place. On a more serious note is your life at risk? Please do not disregard your emotional well-being. Depression and anxiety are silent killers and to be taken seriously before a life is lost. To put it plainly, emotional abuse almost drove me to the point of suicide. By the grace of God, I am still here.
Whatever the situation if there are any red flags. Please seek help.
Here are a few links below that can at least start you on your journey. Please speak to your GP they will also have other avenues of help which you can access.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/getting-help-for-domestic-violence/
https://mensadviceline.org.uk/
Please consider joining me to fight this problem and eradicate abuse from relationships once and for all. No one should ever have to suffer abuse in a relationship. There are no exceptions.
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