譯者：花雨101

情感虐待的目的是剝奪你的自我價值感和獨立感。如果你是情感虐待的受害者，你會覺得自己離不開這段婚姻或是兩性關係，離開你的施虐者你將一無所有。

情感虐待包括語言虐待比如大喊大叫、辱罵、責備、羞辱，還包括孤立、恐嚇和控製行為等。另外，感情和心理虐待的施虐者還經常會威脅說如果你不按他們的意願做的話，你可能要遭受肢體虐待或其他不良後果。

你可能覺得肢體虐待要遠比情感虐待後果嚴重，因為前者可能把你送入醫院並留下傷疤。但是，情感虐待的傷疤也一樣真實而且深切，可以說情感虐待和肢體虐待一樣具有傷害性而且後果可能更嚴重。

經濟或財務虐待是一種比較隱蔽的情感虐待。記住：施虐者的目的是控製你，他或她會經常用錢來達到目的。經濟或財務虐待包括：硬性控製你的財務；隱藏現金或信用卡；強迫你計算你花的每一分錢；控製生活必需品（食物，衣物，藥物，住房）；限製你的零花錢；阻止你工作或選擇職業；幹擾你的工作（強迫你誤工，頻繁打電話等）；暗偷或明拿你的錢。

The aim of emotional abuse is to chip away at your feelings of self-worth and independence. If you’re the victim of emotional abuse, you may feel that there is no way out of the relationship or that without your abusive partner you have nothing. Emotional abuse includes verbal abuse such as yelling, name-calling, blaming, and shaming. Isolation, intimidation, and controlling behavior also fall under emotional abuse. Additionally, abusers who use emotional or psychological abuse often throw in threats of physical violence or other repercussions if you don’t do what they want. You may think that physical abuse is far worse than emotional abuse, since physical violence can send you to the hospital and leave you with scars. But, the scars of emotional abuse are very real, and they run deep. In fact, emotional abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse—sometimes even more so. Economic or financial abuse: A subtle form of emotional abuse Remember, an abuser’s goal is to control you, and he or she will frequently use money to do so. Economic or financial abuse includes: Rigidly controlling your finances.

Withholding money or credit cards. Making you account for every penny you spend. Withholding basic necessities (food, clothes, medications, shelter). Restricting you to an allowance. Preventing you from working or choosing your own career. Sabotaging your job (making you miss work, calling constantly) Stealing from you or taking your money.