Friday
Moderator
What if "emotional abuse" and "psychological abuse" are actually the same thing?
Squares & Rectangles.
Emotional = Emotional
Psychological = Mental, Emotional, Developmental/neuro-developmental, & Behavioral
Fanatics will be one of the best examples of type. Think suicide bombers. You take a kid, or someone in profound grief, and give them hope & purpose & camaraderie & belonging & faith & a whole lot of otherwise good things... & twist them to suit your purpose. /// Think cults. /// Think hate groups. /// Think Genocide
For more 1:1 less group dynamics? Think conmen, specifically long cons. /// think interrogation techniques that focus on building rapport & trust & loyalty /// think early stages “the good years in the beginning” of domestic violence /// think certainkinds of grooming /// think the ways some gangs operate.
The common thread with most of these forms that don’t include emotional abuse? Using people. As weapons. As followers. As allies. As tools. As informants. Ruling people, rather than breaking them.
It’s one of the really difficult aspects to treat, because being treated really well in some ways, whilst being abused really badly in others, creates a super f*cked up & tangled situation. Like people who think anyone being nice to a kid & building up their self esteem, etc... is just out to rape them. Nope. Some people, most even, are just nice. “Grooming” without the sexual abuse? Is known as friendship. Mentoring. Being good to someone. Being good for someone.