WHAT IS EMOTIONAL ABUSE?

According to the Women’s Aid Impact Report, emotional abuse is defined as:

■ being controlled and manipulated;

■ being isolated from family and friends;

■ threats to kill the woman, the children or the woman’s family;

■ abuser refusing to call the woman by her name;

■ constant name calling and being shouted at;

■ being accused of being a bad mother;

■ being told she is going mad;

■ being blamed for the abuse and being told it’s her fault;

■ being shaken, kicked and woken during the night, resulting in sleep deprivation;

■ being stalked, having to change contact details and being harassed by phone, text and online after the relationship has ended.