Signs you are in an emotionally abusive relationship

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 An emotionally abusive relationship is one where your needs and emotions are constantly hurt

 Emotional abuse sometimes can cause deeper scars because emotional and mental space continues to get hurt, causing difficulty in being happy, difficulty concentrating, and being comfortable with oneself self

 Signs of emotional abuse are

1. When someone ignores the good you do and only constantly makes negative remarks about you, your achievements, to bring you down

 So, for example, a partner whose spouse was working hard, ignoring that comments were always on how they were achieving less than others, or comments on how everyone else is doing better in life

2. Ignoring one's emotional needs and only expecting them to fulfill yours own

 As an example, if someone expects you to be for them, their career, their moods, but never reciprocate the same, or deny your feelings, and make it about them

 3. Not standing up for you when you need them, especially in front of people who are close to the other person

As an example, if a husband doesn't stop his family when they cause hurt to his wife, and rather blames the wife for overreacting or being wrong, it is a sign of emotional abuse

4. Ignoring your needs for love, affection, and only providing love if and when they want to

 As an example, a husband would love his wife when he wanted and ignore her needs to be loved when she would be craving for it, causing her to believe she could only receive love when her husband wanted

 5. Unpredictable hot and cold Behavior, sudden anger outbursts, and withdrawal of love 

Narcissistic people have this tendency and follow this pattern of emotional abuse quite a lot, where at one place, when they show immense love, and then the next moment, when you expect love to be there, they withhold it and ignore, become busy, become downright aggressive too, causing a deep desire to do anything to receive that love from the other person

 Real love and true relationships are not toxic, they are balanced, they are give and take, they are respectful, help in nurturing, and enable growth

 Emotionally abusive relationships, on the other hand, can cause emotional issues, self-esteem issues, can cause overthinking and irrational behavior to seek love, can cause deep anguish and resentment, and depression too

If you think you or someone you know is stuck in a cycle of an emotionally abusive relationship

Seek support and therapy at IWill.

The hot and cold behavior may be causing deep anguish, the lack of empathy yet love and control may be confusing, therapy at iwill can help develop patterns to come out of the addictive pain, help in assertion and boundaries, focusing on self goals, and stand up for oneself

10,000+ people have sought therapy for emotionally abusive relationships. From leading a completely dependent, unhappy life, they went to have jobs, assert their boundaries, and come out of toxic relationships in cases it was needed. Seek therapy, seek couple sessions or individual but don't tolerate emotional abuse 

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