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Psychological abuse, often known as emotional abuse or mental abuse or psychological violence or non-physical abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by one person subjecting or exposing another to behaviors of manipulation, domination, and psychological control.
People who self-harm in the study often felt shame or being judged due to their condition, and said that being listened to and validated gave them hope. At the same time staff experienced frustration from being powerless to help and were afraid of being blamed if someone died by suicide.
[1] One possible definition of spite is to intentionally annoy, hurt, or upset even when there might be no (apparent) gain, and even when those actions might cause the person spiting harm, as well. [2] Spiteful words or actions are delivered in such a way that it is clear that the person is delivering them just to annoy, hurt, or upset. [3]
Flip remarks can leave lasting scars with those wrestling with psychological woes. Check out our tips for being supportive without sounding critical.
Linguicide – intentionally causing the death of a language. Epistemicide – the systematic extermination of an entire knowledge system or intellectual heritage of a group, society or people. Mundicide – the genocide of an entire planet or similar celestial object.
People reopened deep wounds – some from decades ago – by sharing the harshest words they recei “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Here’s a rhyme we all ...
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture) is an international human rights treaty, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.
Boredom, or growing tired of one's surroundings; seeing manipulation as a game more than hurting others; Covert agendas, criminal or otherwise, including financial manipulation (often seen when intentionally targeting the elderly or unsuspecting, unprotected wealthy for the sole purpose of obtaining victims' financial assets)