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Signs Of Emotional Abuse

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Emotional abuse involves a child being continually criticised, deprived of love and approval, being subjected to inappropriate expectations for their age, being made to feel frightened or in danger of being exploited or corrupted. If a child or young person is experiencing any form of emotional abuse the signs will be the onset of uncharacteristic behaviour which can include becoming withdrawn, regression, clingy towards adults, over reacting to mistakes, sudden speech disorders, distracted and inability to concentrate and neurotic behaviour e.g. rocking and hair twisting. They could also have a very low self-esteem, if a child or young person is being told that they are worthless and not good at anything they are going to have low self-esteem.

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