I Am a Victim of Emotional Abuse

I can't believe it happened to me. I thought I was too smart, too wise. I'd had therapy. Hell, my husband had worked as a mental health therapist for 10 years, and we both have PhDs. Here's my realization:  That I'd been...

We met, we married, we had a family, we divorced, we got back together, abuse got worse,  he left, he still hasn't stopped trying to hurt me. It's almost like a story you  read or watch on TV.   He left me last November, after he...

17 years ago i met a much older man than i and we started to find we had many things in common and started dating, he was 28 years older than i and then we fell in love and he asked me to move in with him and a year 1/2 later i got...

i have been with him for 5 years, we went to the same school together, same year but different circles of friends i was geeky he was a messer.. years after school had finished i found myself raising and 8 month old baby alone, me and my...

Hi im a 16 year old boy and this is my life with my mother
My mother always puts me down about everything and blames me for everything even if it didn't have anything to do with me she denys me clothes and shoes beacuse of my grade and...

I've posted experience before, but had taken it down after having become frustrated and removing all of my experiences. But I've been completely inspired by a dear friend who found the courage to share her story.

It may come as a...

No, not the fictional variety, but the emotional variety. More and more was asked of me, I gave and gave. I gave not only time but trust. And I lost so much of myself in the process.
First it all seemed so caring, so I gave freely of...

I am an emotional abused victim . Till one day I decided that enough is enough! I let a man who I loved and cherished with all my heart . I let him erode my sense of self esteem and he literally had a hold of my mind , to where my self...

Listen to the song in my heart
A melody I start but can't complete

Listen to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning to find release

Oh the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into...

It has only been a few months since my freedom began, but it does not feel like freedom as of yet. I am getting a divorce, from my long time abuser, after nine years!
Everything started out great, I had met the man of my dreams, we...

What is Emotional Abuse? I've asked myself this question a million times. I never knew the answers and for a long time I was too afraid to find them, I was afraid of what I'd discover. About myself, about my spouse, about our life. Then...

I keep reading stories of women who have endured emotional abuse for many years and I can't even begin to imagine how recovery must have been hard. My story has lasted one single month but andI have a hard time believing he has managed...

I loved the attention.After being ignored for so many years I loved that someone thought that I was worth listening to, that what I had to say mattered.I loved that I felt attractive again, that I felt desired.I loved that I felt loved...

You are nobody now.
I deny you
You played mind games
Which drove me to insanity
It wasnt meant to be like that.
But I could not change you.
I was weak unaware and naive
And didnt you play that card well?
There were times I stayed out...

She still claims that all she was doing was helping me. That, or now, she has just blocked it out entirely. not wanting to admit that she did this to me.Lets start out with stating the fact that I am disabled with Cerebral Palsy.  It...

After being screamed at, manipulated, berated, belittled, and threatened I found myself wondering ll the time if there was something wrong with me. If I could only do the things that he wants he would be happy and our relationship would...

I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO START THIS, BUT I CAN TRY. I HAVE BEEN MENTALLY/EMOTIONALLY/VERBALLY/PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY MY EX BOYFRIEND FOR A LONG LONG TIME. I HAVE DECIDED TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL...

I became weak during that days.. I was not able to handle it... and was not able to fight....

I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home. My whole life, my parents have tried to control all my decisions. From the beginning, they created a strong psychological hold over me. I've been trying so hard to break free from it, but it...

I know there are many examples of emotional/mental abuse on here, and each one is important. I also know that this form of abuse can come from both men and women. I happened to be on the receiving end of emotional abuse from my wife...