“If your partner tends to ignore you when the two of you are together, but the second you go to your parents' for the weekend they suddenly can't stop blowing up your phone, then you should know that's a serious red flag for an emotionally abusive relationship and partner.”— Elizabeth Enochs, bustle.com
“If your partner is exhibiting inappropriate behavior with people outside of your relationship as a way to control you, punish you, or dictate your relationship, then they are emotionally abusing you and breaking your trust at the same time.”— Elizabeth Enochs, bustle.com
“They're so jealous it's Scary. A certain amount of jealousy is pretty normal in most relationships. Having said that, the level of jealous behavior and the reason behind that jealousy does make a difference. It's one thing if your partner gets jealous when someone blatantly hits on you in front of t…”— Elizabeth Enochs, bustle.com
“Your partner constantly calls, texts or even shows up to check up on you to see who you are with and what you’re doing when he or she isn’t around.”— David Wolfe, davidwolfe.com
“Your partner blames you for his or her problems, bad moods and overall unhappiness.”— David Wolfe, davidwolfe.com
“Your partner tells mean, inappropriate and demeaning jokes, with you as the punch line.”— David Wolfe, davidwolfe.com
“Sometimes an emotional abuser will deliberately lie to you to confuse you and make you doubt your perceptions. They will make you doubt their own observations, memory and sanity. Sometimes they will argue and wear you down until you don’t trust what you know is true.”— Adam Gilad, vixendaily.com
“An emotional abuser will exclude you not only from their heart, from their good will and from their approval, they will also exclude you from their activities. If you feel that your partner is making plans without you, if they are taking part in activities without you and if they are keeping secrets…”— Adam Gilad, vixendaily.com
“An emotional abuser doesn’t want to hear about your pain, except to reinforce that you deserve whatever pain you feel. That you’ve brought it on yourself, or that it’s your deserved destiny to feel bad about yourself. If your partner indicates they have no time to talk about what worries, scares or…”— Adam Gilad, vixendaily.com
“Her fender bender wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t called just as she pulled out of the driveway. If you hadn’t asked him to help out more with the kids, he could’ve put in more time at work and gotten that promotion. In fact, mostly everything that goes wrong is your fault.”— Abby Rodman, huffingtonpost.com
“You’re really sad about putting your dog down, your uncle’s illness, or losing that road race. You could really use a shoulder to cry on. But you know you can’t rely on your partner for that. In order to stay in control, emotional abusers need your focus to be on them. Their tolerance for your woes…”— Abby Rodman, huffingtonpost.com
“Seems like everyone is complimenting your new wardrobe, recent weight loss, or latest blogpost. Everyone, that is, except the one person who should be leading the cheering section. Your emotionally abusive partner is far more invested in tearing you down and keeping you down. He really doesn’t want…”— Abby Rodman, huffingtonpost.com
“You feel like you need permission to make decisions or go out somewhere.”— Barrie Davenport, liveboldandbloom.com
“Unfortunately, because emotional abuse is often tolerated or because the abusive parents are very secretive in their abuse (hiding their true selves when in public), emotionally abused children will assume that how they were treated at home was natural. They have no frame of reference. And so, the c…”— Veronica Jarski, theinvisiblescar.wordpress.com