It can be hard to tell if you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship. That’s because no relationship is perfect all the time. But in a healthy relationship, you and your partner feel good most of the time. If that’s not the case, your relationship might not be healthy.
These are some signs of emotional abuse:
- Checking your cell phone or email without permission or checking in all the time
- Putting you down, calling you names, or starting rumors about you
- Threatening you
- Extreme jealousy or insecurity
- Explosive temper
- Stopping or discouraging you from seeing friends/family
- Making false accusations or blaming you for causing their abusive or unhealthy behavior
- Physically hurting you in any way
- Possessiveness
- Telling you what to do or not do
- Pressuring or forcing you to have sx
- “Gaslighting,” or making you question things you know are true talking you