what is LOVE?

Love is not:

Critical            Shaming            Abusive            Controlling            Manipulative

Demeaning            Humiliating            Separating            Discounting

Diminishing            Belittling            Negative            Traumatic

Painful most of the time            etc.

What is Emotional Abuse ?

EMOTIONAL ABUSE - cuts to the very core of a person, creating scars that may be far deeper and more lasting   




    Below are some tactics an emotional abuser will use:


1.)Isolating a spouse from friends and family


2.)Discourage any independent activities such as work; taking classes or activities with friends. 


3.)If the spouse does not give into the control they are threatened, harassed, punished and intimidated by the abuser. 


4.)Uses the children to gain control by undermining the other parent’s authority or threatening to leave and take the children. 


5.)Control all the financial decisions, refuse to listen to their partner’s opinion