Kangaroo asked:


I’ve been with my boyfriend for 1.5 year after I left my ex-husband who commited adultery. I suffered from depression and being in constant fear/incapable of function as a normal person anymore at that time. My boyfriend take care of me, but my emotion has beeing going up & down. I’m extremely suspicious & worried about things. I’ve been contributing to most of the expenses, monetary issue has add on to the tension, although he has been working hard trying his best to get income. Until a few occassions, he couldn’t take my unreasonable suspicious anymore (when girls talk/sms him), he just burst, broke things and wanted to hit me. I’m still feeling very fearful for one that happened juz 2 days ago esp I witness violent in my childhood. Is my behaviour an emotional abuse to him? It has been a few times this happened and once he wanted to hit my mum too, I’m worried something serious will happen one day. What should I do, leave him? Other time, he is very caring & responsbile.

Miranda

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.