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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