Emotional Abuse Signs - Watch for These 5 Emotional Abuse Signs
Posted by Kurt Smith, MFT, AFC on Sat, Jul 24, 2010
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Looking for emotional abuse signs? Read over this transcript of Mel Gibson speaking to his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, to see an example of emotional abuse (Mel Gibson Rant).
Look for the following 5 emotional abuse signs:
- Control
- Threaten
- Make submissive
- Blame
- Humiliate
Mel Gibson: Stay on this phone and don't hang up on me. I have plenty of energy to drive over there. You understand me? AND I WILL! SO JUST F------ LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN TO MY F------ RANTING. LISTEN TO WHAT YOU DO TO ME.
Oksana Grigorieva: I didn't do anything to you.
MG: A pain in the ass!
OG: You are ruining my life!
MG: You make my life so f------ difficult!
OG: Well you know what, it's so --
MG: Why can't you be a woman who f------ supports me instead of a woman that sucks off me. And just f------ sucks me dry. And wants, and wants. Go through this relationship if you're a good woman and you love me. I don't believe you anymore. I'm sick of your bulls---! Has any relationship ever worked with you? NO!
OG: Listen to me. You don't love me because somebody who loves does not behave this way. (crosstalk)
MG: Shut the f--- up. I know I'm behaving like this because I know absolutely that you do not love me and you treat me with no consideration.
OG: One second please. Can I please speak?
MG: I love you because I've treated you with every kindness, every consideration. You rejected … you will never be happy. F--- you! Get the f--- away from me! But my daughter is important! All right? Now, you have one more chance. And I mean it. Now f------ go if you want, but I will give you one more chance. (huffing with anger) You make me wanna smoke. You f----- my day up. You care about yourself.
OG: You're so selfish.
MG: When I've been so f------ good to you. You f------ try to destroy me.
Does your husband or partner speak to you like this? Then you may be suffering emotional abuse too. Emotional abuse signs are hard to recognize when you're in the relationship. So get some help from a professional counselor who has experience spotting emotional abuse signs.
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