Articles for tag: Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse

Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse

Child abuse is rampant in our society today and the only way to stop it is to know what the signs are. Too many teachers and neighbors are unaware of the symptoms and don´t realize until it´s too late. By educating people everywhere on how to recognize child abuse, it can be stopped. Symptoms of ...

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Different Forms of Abuse

The definition of abuse is to use “wrongly” or to “misuse.” There are around fourteen different types of abuse, all equally serious. The fourteen forms of abuse include; spiritual, sexual, physical, verbal, emotional, drug abuse, child abuse, incest, spousal abuse, elder abuse, human rights abuse, animal abuse and legal abuse. Spiritual abuse is abuse in ...

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Surviving Emotional Abuse

I’ve struggled with a poor self image most of my life. It’s not that I didn’t have extremely low self esteem; I did have confidence in myself and I did think positive thoughts most of the time. All that’s changed though. I was emotionally abused by my ex-husband. In fact, it’s still happening even though ...

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Domestic Violence: Emotional and Verbal Spousal Abuse

Pretty much everyone agrees that hitting your spouse is wrong. But what about the kind of daily abuse that doesn’t leave a bruise or a red mark, that doesn’t carry the threat of broken bones? Many people have difficulty even finding the words to define emotional abuse. Some of the obvious definitions are: name calling, ...