mental abuse

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Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 22 Jul 16

Day after day I see reports of some of the awful abuse that some women endure. Abuse that is directed at them by someone they love. I have to wonder why someone who is supposed to love you thinks nothing of picking up and iron...

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confessions from an abused woman

skyhss @skyhss (1142) • United States 26 Jan 11

This is going to be the most difficult discussion I've ever started but I feel I need to do it. My ex-husband was emotionally and physically abusive (more mental/emotional than physical but it happened). He alienated me from my...

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Does anyone really realize how many abused children there are?

KKKBsmom @KKKBsmom (1092) • United States 24 Dec 09

Does anyone really realize how many abused children there are? Yes, there are those physically abused children that Most are found out about... but what about those that have that mental abuse... a parent that treats a year and a...

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Leaving My Husband

thayes1106 @thayes1106 (156) • United States 4 Oct 09

I have to leave my husband. He is verbally abusive and a gambler. We never have any money. We have been eating at soup kitchens. I have been suicidal for two days. If it weren't for my children then I would've done it. I need...

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I Don't Know what to say...

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 30 Jan 09

A few weeks ago I posted about a problem I was having with my mom: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1862251.aspx I haven't spoken to her in a month now, since the last time we spoke was when she flipped out the day before New...

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Abusive Parents

StrawberryKisses @StrawberryKisses (2833) • Canada 10 Jan 09

How many of you had abusive parents growing up? By abuse I do not only mean physical. I mean physical, emotional, or mental. Growing up was not very pleasant for me. My mother was a single mother and had a bad habit of...

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Mom isn't acting like One (LONG RANT)

words to live by, but so hard to accomplish,

atomicec @atomicec (8) • United States 22 May 08

it is hard to be comfortable in your own skin, when others are make you feel so bad

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Have you ever been abused in any way?

clamarco808 @clamarco808 (312) • United States 20 Sep 07

I'm a survivor of abuse. I wasted 10 years of my life between 2 different relationships, being abused for any little reason, before I woke up & decided to end the vicious cycle. If you left your abusive situation, what made you...

Emotional Blackmail I'm Immune To It

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 29 Jul 07

Sorry my friends, last discussion on the subject I promise! But as you can guess he'll pulling out all the emotional blackmail stunts in the book! Zeus (the cat in the photo) came in. He says Here's someone that used to mean...

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What Kind Of Fool Am I?

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 16 Jul 07

Some would say I've made my bed now I've got to lie in it. I am a 36 year old man, I'm supposed to be mature I am not a 12 year old child and yet I am stuck somewhere where I don't want to be. I am a complete fool I know that...

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Could cheating on your partner be considered mental abuse?

dragonokiefly @dragonokiefly (862) • United States 18 May 07

My personal opinion on this is yes, I would consider it mental abuse. I can not speak from a man's point of view but as I woman (and yes, this has happened to me in the past) I feel like I am not woman enough for my partner...

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After surviving an abusive mom I have had to take on caregiver activities.....

APMorison @APMorison (424) • United States 8 May 07

for her. Can we see an problem brewing? My sister had been the caregiver for both parents - how I will never know. Dad died in 1998. Sis died in 2002 and I inherited the responsibility for the mom who used to beat me as well...

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If you seen a man grab his kid and yell and curse at his wife in public...

Sissygrl @Sissygrl (10909) • Canada 27 Apr 07

What would you do ? I live in a real small town, and i worked in a department store before i started maternaty leave so i've seen this couple around town more then once. The man is always screaming and yelling at his kids and...

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Domestic Violence

cjsmom @cjsmom (1423) • United States 5 Jan 07

At one time I as married to a man who abused me both mentally and physically. He would make me hold his arm when in town and look at the ground; if I looked up and seemed to be looking at anything specific he would then beat on me...

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Abusive Relationships

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 17 Dec 06

I don't know how to be friends with someone in an abusive relationship. Having been in that type of relationship before and in retrospect wishing to the gods that anyone had been brave enough to stand up to me then. I was in a...

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SHOULD WE STAY PATRIOTIC TO OUR COUNTRY?

Kylalynn @Kylalynn (1771) • South Africa 1 Dec 06

What do you think about patriosm. I am finding it difficult to remain patriotic to the great country I grew up in South Africa. There is so much crime and hatred here now, I don't want to be patriotic. The crimes and acts of...

What do you think about Domestic Violence?

ruby1459 @ruby1459 (2600) • United States 20 Nov 06

My ex was a big time DV fan.I know that DV isn't only about physical but also mental as well.The worst one that my ex said to me was "if you don't wanna speak English in this country,we american doesn't want you and get the fu*k...

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What would you do if you found out your child is being abused at school

refinery2809 @refinery2809 (199) • Canada 3 Nov 06

what would you do if you found out your child was being physically and mentally abused at school.

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Abuse

scooter1024 @scooter1024 (1243) • United States 12 Oct 06

How many people would stay with your significate other if they were abusing you physically or mentally or even both?

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