![]() Once that trust is gained, then behaviors such as name calling, gaslighting, and manipulation are slowly introduced to see how much you will take. The perpetrator (or group) will do everything in their power to be nice, caring, compassionate, or whatever it takes to earn your trust. Everyone is susceptible to emotional abuse because it isn’t overtly shown at the beginning of the relationship. This usually takes a long period of time and involves specific patterns by the perpetrator that makes the victim feel unable to navigate life on their own. I think emotional abuse is a more sinister form of abuse because it plays a significant role in physical, sexual, financial, and digital abuse.Įmotional abuse diminishes a persons value, self-worth, and dignity. Because of the lack of physical evidence, victims may minimize the behavior. *Possible abandonment for thinking/doing/feeling differentĮmotional abuse is tricky because we don’t see physical signs of abuse (although the body definitely harbors the abuse in other ways). On the wheel, emotional abuse is described as: We discussed isolation here and minimizing, denying, and blaming here. Many who read here will be able to identify with some or all of these tactics. According to Laura Anderson, when the tactics are combined, a system is “designed and intended to exert power and control over others by their rules, requirements, punishments and consequences for not adhering to the specific requirements of the group.” Religious Power and Control Wheel credit: Laura Anderson, LMFT and Religious Trauma InstituteĬlick here for pdf of Religious Power and Control WheelĮach section of the Religious Power and Control Wheel describes a tactic used by abusers to maintain power and control over their victims.
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