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50% of women will experience some form of Emotional Abuse in their lifetime.

EMOTIONAL ABUSE:

Emotional Abuse is intentional and repeated behavior designed to gain power and control over another through fear, humiliation, verbal and physical abuse. Emotional abuse systematically destroys self-confidence, self-worth, and trust in one's own perceptions.

Examples of emotional abuse can be name-calling, blaming, threatening, humiliating in public, belittling, demeaning, or refusing to communicate. The sole purpose is to bend the victim into total submission giving the abuser total control and power.                                                     

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Financial Abuse occurs in 99% of Intimate Partner cases

FINANCIAL ABUSE:

Financial Abuse is the NUMBER ONE reason victims remain in an abusive relationship.

Abusers may use economic tactics such as making the victim account for all money spent and given in the form of an allowance, a victim’s money may be spent without their consent or input, bank accounts, bills, personal expenses are controlled by the abuser and the abuser may open credit cards in their name which then the abuser maxes out.  Payments on these bills are never made thus ruining the victim’s credit. 

The abuser may prevent a victim from obtaining further education, training or getting a job. Abusers may use children's savings accounts, or any accounts associated with victim without consultation or permission. The lack of available cash and financial resources traps a victim into remaining in the relationship. There is also fear that the abuser will take custody of their children as they may have control of the finances to do so leaving the victim no choice but to stay.

Social Isolation is associated with 50% of dementia cases.

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SOCIAL ISOLATION:

Social Isolation increases s person's risk of premature death.

Isolation is another tactic of emotional abuse but more difficult for a victim to identify. What begins as loving concern may soon morph into an obsessive need to own their partner. The abuser isolates a victim from their family, friends and ultimately the outside world.

It's much easier for an abuser to gain power without the interference of outsiders. Abusers not only isolate the victim's physical being but more importantly their thoughts, desires, values and any possibility of doubt. Once an abuser has the ability to manipulate mental freedom, they have both power and control.