Deconstructing Emotional Abuse: An In-depth Analysis

Emotional abuse is defined by its devastating effects on a person. It is seen in the forms of domestic abuse, bullying, and child abuse. Research shows how someone who has been emotionally abused develops personality disorders, has low self-esteem, and even has suicidal thoughts. Although there has been research that provides a general idea of emotional abuse and its effects, the research should take a deeper look at how the smallest details affect someone. My position differs from those who claim they know the true definition of what emotional abuse is. It doesn’t include parents or abusers who claim to know how to define it. Emotional abuse should be looked at with a magnifying glass since the smallest details are what allow people to see

According to Gunta Krumins, a victim should be given “information about their family and what they don’t know that will help them understand their circumstances” (220). The abuser can be seen as a family member, bully, and someone in a relationship. Steven Stosny, Ph.D. states that abusers “try to control their environment to avoid feelings of failure and inadequacy” (Stosny, “What Drives Emotional Abuse In Relationships”). This begs the question why does the abuser try to avoid any form of negativity. The answer can be found by viewing his or her background, seeing how that person’s grown up and inferring to any forms of abuse that person may have suffered. A quote from To Kill a Mockingbird says that someone isn’t understood “until you consider things from his point of view” (Lee 33). So, what should be done before the abuser is judged is by learning if he or she has suffered from abuse, and in those details, it can be understood why the abuser is doing it to his or her

The way that this definition is proven by its classification into five categories, with each having a different effect depending on how the child is raised from infancy to adolescence. For example, one of the categories, terrorizing, affects a child’s development of a safe climate since the child is surrounded with threats of severe punishment, which further leads the child to refining his or her environment filled with terror. This definition, along with its categories, can be concurred with since each categories connects with each other, ultimately affecting a child’s psychological development. Therefore, to have a better understanding of emotional abuse, people need to analyze these categories and perceive how individually and through connections, they affect