Emotional Abuser?

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I’ve been broken up with my ex for almost a year now and we haven’t spoken to each other in 8-9 months and all of a sudden she follows me on tumblr? I’ve changed my url multiple times so I have no idea how she found me. After she did that she began to vagueblog about me and call me nasty names and she wrote a poem towards me called “Eat Shit and Die”. I can take all the shit she calls me or says about me except for the fact that she accuses me for emotionally abusing her. We are still in our teens and very young and I’m not sure if she even understands the full meaning of those words. It’s honestly been bothering me even though I know I didn’t emotionally abuse her but maybe I’m overthinking so much that I’m afraid I might have? Can someone define what emotional abuse really is? I think she’s mistaking it for heartbreak honestly, which is ironic because she’s the one who dumped me and put me through hell. I currently have a new girlfriend who I hesitate to love because I’m scared of going through that again. My ex turned my heart to dust.
Out of the many posts she made this is the one that perturbs me the most:

GOD emotional abuse is the worst

it’s like? i know i’m happy with [name withheld] and i know i’m doing SO MUCH BETTER with her but like?? at the same time he made me feel so useless, like i was nothing without him around, that i find myself craving his presence even though i hate him and it’s uncomfortable and IM SO ANGRY about this. why did he have to go and fuck me up.

I’d like a second opinion please. I know it may be stupid to worry over but here I am.

Category: Tags: asked December 29, 2013

4 Answers

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So to start off, emotional abuse is when somebody is intentionally trying to inflict pain on someone else using words or non-physical actions. I'd say that she's emotionally abusing you. I can't say if you emotionally abused her because I don't know about your relationship with her. But I think you need to ask her nicely to stop posting rude things that are obviously about you, also ask her to stop following your blog. If she ignores you or declines then you should block her or delete your blog and make another one that you're sure she won't find. Sometimes chicks can just get crazy after break-ups, don't let it get to you too bad because you're trying to move on and it sounds like she can't because she's probably upset that you are.
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According to the University of Illinois counseling center, ″Emotional abuse is any kind of abuse that is emotional rather than physical in nature. It can include anything from verbal abuse and constant criticism to more subtle tactics, such as intimidation, manipulation, and refusal to ever be pleased. Emotional abuse can take many forms. Three general patterns of abusive behaviour include aggressing, denying, and minimizing'.″ Even though there is no established definition for emotional abuse, emotional abuse can possess a definition beyond verbal and psychological abuse. Blaming, shaming, and name calling are a few identifiers of verbal abuse which can affect a victim emotionally. The victim's self-worth and emotional well being is altered and even diminished by the verbal abuse and the result is an emotionally abused victim
It's not surprising that you're worried that you might have, because as with anything, if somebody tells you that you did something enough then you may start to believe it. However, as you know you didn't you just need to stick to that frame of mind. Have you tried confronting her about it? Possibly asking where all this came from and why it's suddenly started up. The end of relationships and hurt feelings can do strange things to people and sadly, one person can get a lot of crap thrown their way.
The best advice I can offer is to confront her and ask why or do your best you not read what she writes and ignore it. Also I think there are ways you can block users on tumblr so if she's using the same email it shouldn't be too hard.
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I don't think semantics are all that important here. Bitter break-ups are never pretty whichever way you look at it. It could be that she resents the fact you are with someone new already. As you're not the one who ended things I would be inclined to let it go, unless you need some closure yourself. Do what you can do distance yourself from your ex and enjoy life with your new gf. By engaging in any way you might add fuel to the fire.Be classy and serve as an example of how to conduct one's self properly coming out of a relationship.
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Hello David, and thank you for sharing your feelings with us. Emotional abuse is no easy matter to solve.

Emotional Abuse: Psychological abuse, also referred to as "emotional abuse" or "mental abuse", is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma.

It was very astute of you to question if your stress could have invented a false memory, you have a knack for understanding how behavior affects the way people process information. Consider studying psychology.

Your young friend appears to be very distraught over something, and that something may very well not have anything to do with you at all, considering the gulf of time since you last spoke. Her behavior appears to be very irrational and attention-seeking. In the interest of everyone involved, just do one simple thing: Block her out. Social media, phone numbers, face-to-face contact. Cut all of it and immediately.

Your friend may just be an overreacting teen, or she may have something very wrong with her, but being a teenager yourself and being that you are not responsible for her or her erratic behavior, just cut ties and move on with your life. If she tries to talk to you face-to-face, tell her you are sorry your relationship did not work, but to please leave you alone, then do not acknowledge her afterwards. If she manages to hover around you on social media, just keep blocking her and do not exchange words with her. And as the poster before me stated, stop reading her posts, stop acknowledging her.

If all of your efforts to cut contact with her do not succeed, or if she tries to force you to have contact with her, then tell an authority figure and they will handle it.

Please keep in contact with us and let us know how things progress. :)