400 Quotes About Emotional-abuse

I go through my days quietlytrying not to make wavesbut one whisper creates ripples in the sleeping seadon't make a sound I saytoo lateit's awake--tsunami

Emotional abuse is designed to undermine another's sense of self.It is deliberate humiliation, with the intent to seize control of how others feel about themselves.

When you feel at sea in an abyss of emotions, reconnecting to the beauty of your soul can be difficult, but it is never impossible.

This is particularly true of those who "love too much" and those who tend to lose themselves in their relationships. Sometimes our love becomes distorted by our feelings of insecurity and our fear of abandonment. This is the often the case with those who become overly controlling and overly smothering of their partner. Others become emotionally abusive because of their fear of intimacy.

More than one personality was created in the hope of being the daughter Nancy could consistently love. More than one new personality was created in response to Mother's unexpected fury.

Family dysfunction is progressive. It never stays the same. As it progresses, appropriate boundaries between parent and child may become nonexistent and communication becomes increasingly strained.

There's nothing loving or caring about a close parent-child relationship when it services the needs and feelings of a parent rather than the child.

Cooperation does not equal enjoyment.

All families function as a system in which one person's actions affect another and vice versa.