10 Signs of Emotional Abuse from Parents

04/19/24 • 4 min

Unlike physical abuse, being emotionally abused doesn’t leave you with visible scars or bruises that can be easy to detect. In the U.S., every ten seconds, a report of child abuse is made. That means on a yearly basis, this involves more than 6.6 million children who are affected. Emotional abuse weakens the individual’s emotional development and sense of self-worth that can have lifelong damaging effects. Here are 10 signs of emotional abuse from parents Previous suggested videos: 10 Psychological Factors Linked to Bad Parenting https://youtu.be/krZu8az7waA 6 Types of Childhood Abuse https://youtu.be/vRkKPMXXN8M Team: Script Writer: Catherine Huang Script Editor: Steven Wu Narrator: Sarah Widmann Animator: Ben Carswell YouTube Manager: Wendy Hu / Cindy Cheong Sources and citations: Child Abuse Statistics & Facts. (2018). Childhelp. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Child Emotional and Psychological Abuse. (2005). HealthLine. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Emotional abuse. (2018). NSPCC. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Patricelli, K. (2018). Why Do People Abuse? MentalHelp.net. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Wolff, C. (2017, June 8). 11 Signs You Had An Emotionally Abusive Parent & It Still Affects You Now. Bustle. Retrieved December 20, 2018. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline The National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-422-4453 Day One Crisis Hotline 1-866-223-1111 Crisis Text Line Text 741741 from anywhere in the USA WEBSITES: http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hot... https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisi... https://www.healthyplace.com/suicide/... https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking... https://www.hopedieslast.org/hotline-... https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Hotline Links: The National Domestic Violence Hotline - https://www.thehotline.org/help/ National Child Abuse Hotline - https://www.childhelp.org/ Emotional Abuse Hotline - https://www.crisistextline.org/ Want to contribute to our cause? Email us at [email protected]

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