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What's the difference between mental and emotional abuse?
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Mental and emotional: are the same thing. Some may quibble about the nuance of meaning however. Mind games, put downs, insults, etc. are all forms of emotional abuse. As humans we all fail in these areas now and then but a pattern of this behavior is what we are talking about here. Peace and good health.
Answered 4/23/2016
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