Emotional abuse: signs that you should stay away from your partner

Most people know what physical abuse is, but when it comes to emotional abuse, people tend not to categorize it in the same way.

Although physical abuse leaves visible marks, emotional abuse can have significant psychological consequences, so it should be recognized.

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Signs of emotional abuse in the couple

The relationship with the partner It can be, in some cases, an ideal scenario for this phenomenon to manifest itself. In the following lines you can find 30 signs that indicate that you may be suffering emotional abuse.

1. Exercise control over your social networks and your mobile phone

Emotional abuse includes control over your social networks and mobile phone, in order to know what you do with your life at all times.

2. Control what you spend

That control also extends to what you spend. Exercising control over your finances is a way of not letting yourself move forward. If you ask your partner for permission to buy you something, they are emotionally abusing you.

3. You inform him of your schedules

You don't feel good when you don't notify him of your schedules for fear that he will get angry or that he will throw it in your face.

4. Tells you what to wear and what to wear

Emotional abuse reaches the extreme that the abuser prohibits (without having to use force) the victim to wear clothing. It tells you what to wear.

5. You don't take it well when you spend time with friends.

When he takes control of your social networks and your phone, what the emotional abuser really wants is to limit your interaction with other people and prevent you from spending time with your friends.

6. You don't feel well when you get sick

The emotional abuser may make you feel guilty even in situations where you are not to blame.

7. It makes you feel like you're worthless

He criticizes you and makes you believe that without your partner you are nothing. It makes you feel emotionally dependent on your partner.

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8. Do you have intimate relationships with that person because you fear that they will be angry if you don't?

The emotional abuser can exert great influence by blaming you for not getting his way.

9. You keep quiet in public and avoid saying your opinion for fear of getting angry.

You get to shut up and not express what you really think by how your partner can react when you are with other people.

10. If at any time you have a problem, he does not give you his support or minimizes it with phrases like "it's not that bad"

Not only does he not support you when you need it, but he makes you feel bad for asking for help.

11. Don't care about your achievements

when you get something Instead of congratulating you, he acts like it's not important..

12. you come to feel fear

His behavior is such that you feel afraid of how he may treat you.

13. Makes you feel guilty about your own personal and non-relationship problems

He not only blames you for how the relationship is going, but also for his problems outside of it.

14. You have to consult yourself about your leisure time

His control over you even reaches leisure time. You don't do things that your partner doesn't approve of.

15. You always give in to arguments with your partner.

You are afraid to say your opinion, but also, when you argue with your partner, you always give in despite knowing that you are right.

16. Does not thank you for the things you do for your partner

It makes you feel like it is your obligation to do things for your partner. Your partner does nothing for you.

17. Your partner often blackmails you to achieve their goals

Your partner uses emotional blackmail to get away with it.

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18. You need constant approval

When you do something, you need your partner's approval to feel good.

19. It makes you feel guilty, over and over again, for the mistakes you make.

Human beings make mistakes and learn from mistakes. But if your partner constantly blames you for past mistakes, they are emotionally abusing you.

20. You don't talk to others about your partner

Being afraid of your partner's reaction, you avoid talking about the conflicts in your relationship.

21. You do not dare to say some things to your partner

You are also afraid to talk openly with your partner because of their way of taking things.

22. You are afraid of being yourself

To avoid arguments, you behave differently than you really are.

23. You cannot be yourself even if your partner is not present.

You stop doing things even if your partner is not there because You think I wouldn't approve.

24. He treats you as if you were a child rather than a partner.

His way of treating you is based on obedience, as if you were a son instead of a partner.

25. You feel bad when someone of the opposite sex looks at you

You feel uncomfortable when someone of the opposite sex looks at you, without any interest.

26. value other people more

When someone does something that you have done, he values ​​it more.

27. Does not take your opinion into account or in important decisions

He does not care about your opinion or in those things that affect both of you.

28. You doubt yourself because of how he treats you

You doubt your abilities and skills because of the way your partner treats you.

29. It addresses you imperatively

His tone when addressing you is imperative, that is, order.

30. He gives you looks of contempt and inferiority

His body language is often superior.