what is an emotionally abusive relationship?

I just divorced and emotionaly abusive person. They cut you down, they call you bad names, the cuss at you and, make you feel tiny, like you dont matter....that is with a man though...with a woman I would say that if your friend is seeing it and telling you to leave then the emotionaly abusive on is making you feel bad about yourself...makes nagative comments on who you are what you look like, how you dress, what you believe...maybe shes right maybe you do need to spend time apart, and find nicer friends!

I'm currently IN an emotionally abusive relationship..It goes in cycles..they're nice-especially when people are looking-privately-they try to separate you from others so you have no support..put you down...make you feel alone. It's very emotionally destructive---if he had hit me-the bruises would have healed faster-and you usually have no proof it's going on-because there ARE no bruises..the emotional abuser usually gages their actions to not happen when anyone can see it.

Abandonment is a tactic too. Usually the abuser manages some way to trap you in the relationship.Often it happens when you are unable to protect yourself-or sick. Handicapped people get it a lot.

If your best friend does any of the following it is a sign of emotional abuse, and you need to seriously re-evaluate your relationship:

1) Uses coercion and/or threats

2) Uses intimidation

3) Attempts to isolate you from other friends and people

4) Minimizes or blames you for everything

If your friend uses any of these behaviors to control or manipulate you - you are indeed in an emotionally abusive relationship. Get help!

Learn how to develop good relationships! This is very important. The longer you remain in an abusive relationship, the more "normal" it seems, and the less able you are to distinguish and develop healthy relationships!

An emotionally abusive relationship is one that makes you feel as if you are not good enough to find someone else. Makes you feel dependent on the other person in the relationship. The abuser will use such tactics as making you feel ugly, stupid, stressed, sad, or even fat. He or she will often use this to keep you around as someone they can control. If you find you are in this type of relationship, get out. you dont need it.

To be in an emotional abusive relationship is to be in a relationship where one person continually makes the other person feel bad about themselves or their life. Your roommates are concerned about you and do not want to see you hurt or abused.

An emotional abusive relationship is when u feel confused about this person u dont know what to do and your roommates are telling u to get away from it and relaxe and not worry about anything but yourself

There are lots of ways a relationship can be abusive.

Do you feel like you aren't as happy as you used to be? Do others notice that you don't smile as much as you used to, or aren't as free to be yourself as you used to be?

In many ways an emotionally abusive relationship is harder to pinpoint because there are no visible bruises. If a person hits you it's simple to say, "Hey! Knock that off!" Emotional abusive is harder to explain. It's like the other person spreads their emotional garbage all over you, without your permission and you don't know how to get it off. (guilt trips, pity parties, manipulation, using you, raging)

An emotionally abusive relationship exists when one friend hurts another emotionally. For example, say put-downs, insults, taken advantage of, etc.

Psychological abuse can take the form of physical intimidation, controlling through scare tactics and oppression.

Read More at this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_abuse

she may yell at you, or disrespect you. She may make you feel bad sometimes. Do you complain about her to your roommates? They may realize that she doesn't care about you... sometimes people that are looking at a relationship from the outside can see these things better than ourselves.