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Types of Trauma: Psychological Abuse (Mental, Emotional and Verbal Abuse)

This list may surprise you, as these behaviors are learned in families and, until recently, have been socially acceptable. You may have been deeply harmed by these experiences but can't identify what happened to you. Like many others, you may find that when you raise your awareness of your own suffering ... that you may realize that you are inadvertently inflicting the same harm on others. Raising your awareness of destructive patterns of behavior, is the first step to positive change.

Types of Trauma: Psychological Abuse (Mental, Emotional and Verbal Abuse)

Psychological abuse can be broken down into two sub-types:

Passive Aggression
Open Aggression

What Is Passive Aggression?

Blocking Discussions
Preventing Problem Solving
Breaking Promises
Complaining
Confusing
Crazymaking
Denying
Distorting
Entitlement
Gossiping
Ignoring
Inconsistency
Forgetting
“Just Joking”
Justifying
Lying
Diverting
Mean Teasing
Mind Games
Minimizing

Misleading
Rationalizing
Role Expectations
Sarcasm / Insincerity
Silent Treatment
Tricking
Trivializing
Undermining
Unsolicited Advice
Withholding Information

 What Is Open Aggression?

Accusing
Blaming
Coercing
Countering
Criticizing
Cussing
Disgust
Hostile Looks
Hostility
Intimidation
Judging
Name-Calling
Ordering
Punishing
Retaliating
Screaming
Shaming
Threatening
Withholding Basic Needs
~ food
~ shelter
~ money
~ affection
~ non-sexual touch
Yelling

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