Domestic Abuse: The Facts About Emotional Abuse & Domestic Violence by Dr. Christina Hibbert

Critical information. Thank you for sharing, Dr. Christina Hibbert ! 💕

My aunt was in an emotionally abusive marriage or as she called it, invisible abuse. He was the quintessential Jekyll/Hyde, everyone though she’d married Prince charming. She told me later after I was older how she wished he’d just hit her and given her a black eye so people could “see” it. As it was everyone thought she had no reason to be unhappy about anything. Which she not only was unhappy, but severely depressed. It wasn’t til her kids were in high school that she couldn’t take it anymore and divorced him. And the first thing she did when she moved into her new house was paint the fireplace bright pink! Thank you for pointing out what is considered emotional abuse because so many women and some men feel being insulted or put down is no big deal. At least not in comparison to being hit.