Many people don’t like talking about the word abusive. Perhaps it’s because it’s such a powerful thing and people experience it too often. However, there are many different forms of abuse. How do people know when they’re getting abuse? It’s unfortunate that too many people avoid to talk about what abuse is because it’s important to know what it is and what is going on when it does happen to help prevent it or even make it stop. Abuse in dictionary.com, abuse means: “to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way.” While in the dictionary definition may seem small and simple, but there are many ways that can happen that can be mistreated in a very harmful way, multiple ways to injure as well as multiple ways of being offensive. …show more content…
The third form of abuse is, emotional violence. “Emotional violence occurs when someone says or does something to make a person to make a person feel stupid or worthless.” (Page 1) Again, looking back at the dictionary definition it’s considered abusive because since emotional violence can be offensive and harmful. Words can be just as harmful as actions. It’s important that everyone is careful with what they say to someone because it can still be just as offensive. It’s important to always remember that because too much teasing or “messing around” can lead to emotional abuse for the victim can really beat up their emotional health. The fourth form is phycological violence. “Psychological violence occurs when someone uses threats and fear in a person to gain control.” (Page 1) This is considered a form of psychological violence because as the dictionary definition says it’s acting in an offensive way and harmful as well. As explained in emotional abuse, that sometimes words can be just as harmful sometimes even more harmful then actions. People need to be careful when it comes to this time because often some don’t even realize they’re doing it. The fifth form of abuse is spiritual violence. “Spiritual or religious violence occurs when someone uses a person’s spiritual beliefs to manipulate, dominate, or control the person.” (Page 1) While this may not seem like it would be that harmful it is. They are making the person
Physical abuse is typically described as the use of physical force against another person that may in turn cause injury, pain or impairment. This type of abuse could be perform with or without an object.
Leaving the individuals in wet or soiled clothing or bedding as a deliberate act to demonstrate power and strength of the abuser
Emotional / psychological abuse is when a person uses threats, bullying, trying to control a person’s mind, makes them feel powerless, as well as making them believe it is their own fault. This type of abuse results in mental and physical distress and includes
Intimidation, not being included, being ignored, threats, bullying, humiliating and blaming. These include discrimination that relates to age, race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion etc.
Physical abuse > is anything done that harms someone physically, done with the intention to do harm.
Physical abuse involves the use of force by pinching, punching, slapping, scalding, hitting, kicking, burning or misuse of medication, restraint or inappropriate sanctions. It is a form of physical attack on an individual, it can also be a intentional neglect to prevent physical injury.
Abuse is when a carer tries to control or dominate another person. It can be physically, emotionally harmful, arousing fear in an individual, preventing them from doing what they want, or forcing them to do something against their will. Abuse can happen to anyone but it mostly happens to people who are vulnerable like a
Abuse is any form of mistreatment by any other person or even persons that will violate an individual 's basic human and civil rights. The abuse can vary, from treating someone with disrespect in a way that significantly affects the person 's quality of life, to causing actual physical or mental suffering, either over a short term or a long term of time, clearly the longer it goes on the worse the
Abuse is when you treat someone with cruelty or violently regularly or repeatedly. In the story Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese abuse is one of the main themes. In the novel, Saul is hurt physically and mentally due to racial abuse and this leads him to abuse alcohol.
Emotional Abuse – pattern of behaviour that ruins a child’s emotional development or sense of self-worth. This may include constant criticism, threats, or rejection, as well as withholding love, support or guidance. Emotional abuse is often difficult to prove.
Many individuals who are victims of abuse do not realize they are in an abusive situation because they associate it with violence. They think that because their intimate partner is not causing them physical harm that they are not abused. The truth is abuse includes behaviors like using demeaning slurs, or shaming, refusing to listen, blaming, and neglecting are all signs of ill-treatment when done continuously. Non-violent abuse identified when the inappropriate behavior is part of the ongoing repeated practice. It is what is considered to be mental or emotional abuse. Any actions that cause another person to cower in areas of their life can be considered abuse if the behavior is reoccurring.
Each year more cases of Emotional abuse go unreported because the majority of people experiencing emotional abuse are not aware that it is happening. I was one of these people years ago; it took some caring friends to get me to see what was going on. In the following paragraphs I will touch on ways one can tell they are being emotionally abused, and ways to get help. While Undefined, Emotional abuse affects more people each day because they do not know that they are being abused.
The first kind is called physical violence. Physical abuse, including assault, is the intentional use of force against a person without that person's consent. It can cause physical pain or injuries . Physical abuse includes:
There is 4 different types of child abuse, neglect, emotional, physical and mental. Physical abuse may involve hitting, throwing, shaking, burning or anything that would cause physical harm to a child. Emotional abuse may be a child that is unloved or feels worthless. Being made fun of and name calling will have an effect on a child's emotional development.
Child abuse consists of different types of harmful acts directed toward children. In physical abuse, children are slapped, hit, kicked or pushed, or have objects thrown at them causing wounds, broken bones, or other injuries. Severe abuse may result in major injury, permanent physical or developmental damage, or even death. Emotional abuse involves humiliation, dishonoring or other acts carried out over time that terrorize or frighten the child. Sexual abuse consists of a wide