Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse is when someone is hurting another person’s feelings by saying mean things and name-calling. This is also called verbal abuse.
Examples of emotional/verbal abuse are:
- Cussing
- Swearing and cursing at another
- Verbal put-downs
- Shaming and ridiculing
- Saying things you know will hurt feelings
- Calling someone fat, good for nothing, dumb, stupid or not worth having around.