heartful43050 asked:


I am a 39 year old male who has suffered from physical and emotional abuse as a child. I haven’t been able to heal at all. I am wondering is there anyway I might get some help?

Patricia

Paul<3Deanna asked:


My husbands ex girlfriend and him have a 10 year old daughter. Mom’s best friend has emailed him letting him know that she believes the mother is emotionally abusing the child by using her as a support person and making her feel bad for having fun when she comes to visit us. The best friend doesn’t want the mother to know that she told us. We suspected anyway, but the friend confirmed the conversations. We have a court date and my husband is asking for temporary full custody in light of this information. Do we sell the best friend of the mothers out and give the judge her emails telling of the emotional abuse or do we just risk the judge believing him when he tells the judge of the abuse.
Some of the things mom does are… making the daughter take out beads from her hair that she put in at our house the moment she walked in the door and telling her never to put them in again. Just stuff like that. Her mom gets mad if she says she has fun here.
I don’t want dad to burn a bridge with the mothers best friend because she kind of keeps an eye on things with the daughter.
It’s very sad. The daughter is very immature, as the mother does not let her think for herself. The mother decides everything for her.- what to eat- how to wear her hair.
The daughter is very behind in emotional development. Perhaps because of the treatment by her mother.

Lee

pandoras_enygma asked:


So this is my question….

why is it perceived that emotional abuse is not as bad as physical or sexual abuse?

I am NOT in any way belittling the long term effects of physical or sexual abuse. I have family who are the product of physical and sexual and psychological (emotional) abuse as a child. They have PTSD and horrible flash backs to this day (and they are 52 years old).

My question though, is why is psychological/emotion abuse not considered as “bad”? In a court of law, at least in Ohio, this type of abuse isn’t necessarily recognized. I know of plenty of people who were seriously screwed with mentally and emotionally, but not physically or sexually, who have turned out just as screwed up as those who have been sexually and/or physically abused.

Why is this? I don’t understand. And maybe if you know some laws this might make some more sense as well.