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Reflective Essay On Emotional Abuse

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Have you ever felt like you are not good enough, that you will never amount to anything at all? Well, that is what my life was all about, so demeaning to a dimension that I could no longer foresee any future but darkness in front of me. Nothing is more damaging to your confidence and self-esteem than being emotionally abused. I did not learn healthy coping mechanisms neither did I learn to have positive healthy relationships instead I would feel angry and deeply hurt. Emotional abuse can happen to anyone at any given time in their lives but pity for me because it happened in a very frustrating time of my life which is adolescences. The occurrence of the incident As an adolescent like any normal child, I had big frightening dreams that even made me shiver when I think about them. I was a very bright and promising learner who was always on top of his grade until my parents lost their jobs consecutively. To everyone we were a happy lovely family …show more content…

Is always ensure that my parents are never stressed about anything by taking control of cleaning the house and doing home works early. Core lesson for me is to never keep quiet about being abused because emotional abuse is one of the difficult abuse for one to diagnose but early report on it would have extinguished every hurtful word towards me. To rise above every situation that I encounter irrespective of how hurting it may be. Is to hang around with good friends who share the same sentiments as me. I have learnt that the mistakes I made were naturally giving me the heart to help someone who may find him or herself in the same situation as me. My situation has been a sight opener that in our locations we need more seminars teaching us how to take action against all kinds of abuse. Having more of this awareness programmes will guarantee fewer pupils experiencing abuse in the

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