emotional abuse

Verbal Abuse Scale From 4 to 6

by Deb Hirschhorn | Dec 18, 2011 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

Part 2 of the Verbal Abuse Scale (middle)

Verbal Abuse Scale From 1 to 3 (Out of 10)

by Deb Hirschhorn | Dec 12, 2011 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

On a 10 point scale of increasing verbal abuse, here are numbers 1-3. The same examples are covered here as in the written...

How The Victim Thinker Thinks and Why He Will Never Be Happy

by Deb Hirschhorn | Sep 29, 2006 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

What’s your reaction when someone tells you, “You hurt my feelings”? There could be two possible reactions: You’re going to be either me-focused or other-focused. That is, if you’re me-focused, you’re going to feel irritated, offended, angry, insulted or—this...

Emotional Dissociation And What To Do About It

by Deb Hirschhorn | Jul 26, 2006 | Mental Health

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News There was a spate of books some time ago about women who had been severely emotionally abused and sexually molested as children and grew up with “split personalities.” The Three Faces of Eve was even made into a...

Controlling People Don’t Know How To Control

by Deb Hirschhorn | Jan 27, 2006 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News, January 27, 2006, pp. 16, 22. Abusers are complete wusses. I’m serious. I’ve never met an abuser who knows how to be assertive. Abusers abuse because they have no skills at getting—the nice way—what they...

8 More Ways To Heal From Abuse

by Deb Hirschhorn | Dec 9, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

Many people don’t even realize that they were (or are being) abused. But the assumption that the pain will go away is not correct. What is needed is to take active steps towards recovery. This includes a bunch of wonderful tools. 1. The First Tool Is To Discover...

Substance Abuse & Family Abuse–They’re Connected

by Deb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Mental Health

Substance abuse and addictions do not occur in a vacuum. It is not merely the result of vulnerable kids becoming involved with the wrong crowd. If only it were that simple. In fact, substance abuse is more a symptom of the real problem than “the” problem....

7 Things You Can Do To Heal From Abuse

by Deb Hirschhorn | Dec 4, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

1. Accept The Fact That Everything You Did Made Sense I was once speaking to a brilliant and accomplished woman who had recovered from alcohol abuse. She had been severely emotionally and verbally abused most of her life. Abuse hurts. Sometimes there is only one way...

Yelling Does NOT Get What You Want

by Deb Hirschhorn | Jun 5, 2003 | Verbal and Emotional Abuse

If I had a dollar for every time a frightened woman said, “It’s when he gets a certain look in his eye that I become really frightened,” well, then, I’d be rich. The unconscious mind picks up body language even when we are not consciously aware...