7 Important Emotional Abuse Terms

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7 Important Emotional Abuse Terms –

LOVE BOMBING –
Showering you with love to make you feel like you are soul-mates. This makes you feel emotionally attached.

STONEWALLING –
Complete ignoring. Refusal to talk or make eye contact. The emotional equivalent to cutting off someone’s oxygen.

CUTTING YOUR LIFELINE –
Giving you reasons not to see friends and family anymore.

TRIANGULATION –
Making you feel like others are a threat by lying, i.e. “Sally said she thinks you’re slacking on the job.”

GASLIGHTING –
Lying to you about the past so you always feel like you’re remembering things incorrectly.

DEVALUATION –
The act of breaking you down by constant critiques, insults, or subtle putdowns, i.e. “You’re so crazy”

PROJECTION –
Calling you what they are. Accusing you of cheating if they are cheating or saying you have insecurities that they also have.

– MILLENNIALSHIPS.COM

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February 22, 2022

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EMOTIONAL ABUSE, gaslighting

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