Death by papercuts

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Emotional abuse isn’t just words!

And for the record I am a strong, well balanced and sane individual but I have been there. With respect Blossom – You know nothing.

@blossom‘ wrote:

@jen_jen wrote:

@blossom‘ wrote:

I actually agree with the definition of domestic violence:
If you are not in fear of your life, you are not suffering it.

What a ridiculous statement. So the woman who gets thumped every Friday when her husband comes home from the pub but doesn’t fear for her life doesn’t suffer domestic violence?

Domestic violence doesn’t have to be physical.
Words, gestures and behaviour can make you fear for your life as much as, sometimes more than, physical violence, but you can’t show your emotional bruises and emotional broken bones as evidence. No form of abuse should ever be dismissed and the victims told to “man up”, whether it’s domestic or otherwise.

Errrrr…jen, we’re talking emotional abuse here dear, not physical.
Don’t see what the woman who gets thumped every Friday has to do with ‘words’.

Dear? :lol:

You dismiss emotional abuse as not being domestic violence because “if you are not in fear of your life you are not suffering it”. I have given you an example of physical abuse that is most definitely domestic violence in anyone’s book but not by your definition. Does that not point out to you how flawed your definition of domestic violence is?

I’m aware that we’re talking emotional abuse, it was covered in my second paragraph….dear.

You obviously have no experience, directly or indirectly, of emotional and mental abuse. May you be blessed enough to always be so lucky.