Millions of people around the world are limited in their pursuit of happiness, of their dreams, due to low self-esteem and lack of confidence. One of the most significant yet less evident factors contributing to this is emotional abuse.

Emotional abuse is often not seen as significant enough to be as serious or as harmful as other forms of maltreatment, and people still hesitate to believe or support survivors of emotional abuse. Emotional abuse is insidious in nature and has a damaging effect on the individual. The depth of the scars and the weight of the pain created by emotional abuse are something people around can’t see. Mentally, it can kill one from inside, and after a point, it can even start showing an impact on one’s body in the form of ailments like migraines, autoimmune diseases, and back pain.

Physical abuse leaves bruises on the surface and scars in the heart, however, with emotional abuse, the victim experiences that “frog in the kettle” journey of being killed emotionally by degrees without being aware of what is happening. Many victims are brainwashed, manipulated, and conditioned over time into believing that they are the ‘problem’, and it becomes a deeply ingrained belief system within them, tampering with their sense of self and reality. Through this type of persecution, your very soul feels attacked – hearing words and mannerisms that cause much pain and suffering and, over time, systematically erode your self-confidence and self-worth.