Many survivors are not broken by abuse; they are burdened by it, carrying relational labour that was never meant to be theirs ...

Emotional abuse isn't as easy to spot as physical forms of abuse, which may complicate arguments as the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs continues. Among several other accusations of physical and sexual ...

Emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior where one person repeatedly subjects another to non-physical acts of aggression or ...

Growing up with emotionally abusive parents leaves scars that can follow someone into adulthood. Even long after leaving that environment, certain behaviors and thought patterns become deeply ...

Patterns of lying for all kinds of reasons in all kinds of situations.

Emotionally abusive partners don’t need to lie outright when they can simply make you doubt your own reality. Here’s how they evade responsibility and keep you guessing. “Plausible deniability” is ...

It doesn’t always start with yelling or bruises. Sometimes, it begins with subtle control—disguised as concern. A comment about what you’re wearing. A slow chipping away at your confidence. An apology ...

The case is one of the first reported judgments involving emotional abuse since it was recognised as violence under the law.

"Physical abuse is a clear line that doesn't get crossed, but emotional abuse can get downplayed or minimized both by the abuser and the abusee," says Lisa Marie Bobby, PhD , founder and clinical ...

Billy Ray Cyrus is claiming that estranged wife Firerose, whose real name is Johanna Rosie Hodges, was "physically," "verbally and emotionally" abusive to him during their seven-month marriage in a ...

In the end, our relationship was nothing but smoke and mirrors. I was never supposed to know about my boyfriend’s job. But a loose remark from a mutual friend made it clear that his “government ...

She is now threatening that she and the kids won’t come to any events any longer unless he is welcome, which would kill my 84-year-old father.