Accessing Seattle Emotional Abuse Counseling

By Raymond Hughes


You don't have to be physically hurt to feel abused. Behavior that makes another individual feel powerless, worthless, angry, or afraid, may be legitimately described as abusive. If you are feeling anxious or depressed, isolated from friends and family, or if you feel agitated or fearful, you may be suffering from emotionally abusive behavior. It may be time for you to seek emotional abuse counseling.

The signs of emotional abuse include becoming isolated from family and friends, alcohol or drug addiction, or other escapist behavior. These signs are probably easier to spot from the outside, rather than notice on your own. Once you understand what is happening, it is still not easy to do anything about it. You might have a deep emotional attachment to your abuser, you might think it is a phase they will grow out of, or that you are somehow responsible for their dysfunctional behavior.

Fear of how your abuser might retaliate if you speak up might also prevent you from looking for help or from extricating yourself from the relationship. They may even escalate to physically harming you. This is evidence that you have lost confidence. You may be convinced that you cannot cope without them.

People who display abusive behavior should not necessarily be demonized. The reasons for their actions are complex. Often, the abuser has been abused by someone in their childhood, adolescence or even later. Someone who has been in the victim of a prior abusive relationship may find it difficult to process their feelings and end up blaming a family member, close friend, or partner for the problems resulting from these feelings. They, too, may benefit from seeing a counselor.

Therapy may help your abusive partner to realize the strong, negative effect their behavior has had on you. If they can empathize, if they have a conscience, therapy can work. On the other hand, there is a group of people who have no conscience or empathy. They may be psychopaths or sociopaths, and they make up approximately one per cent of the general population.

An alarming one per cent of the population may be described as having psychopathic behavioral patterns. They are characterized by dishonesty and manipulativeness, alongside an absence of conscience or ability to empathize. A very, very small percentage of these personality types go on to become serial killers, providing material for popular television programs. In this case, your most healthy road to recovery might lie to a city far away toward a completely new life.

People with sociopathic personalities are often hard to identify because they are social chameleons. They have the gift of gab and have the ability to charm people into doing what they want. Ultimately, when they have used up and abused their victim to the point where they can no longer offer them anything, they abandon them.

Located on Puget Sound on the American west coast, the city of Seattle is surrounded by waterways, mountains, and evergreen forests. Nicknamed the Emerald City, it is the perfect setting for someone wanting to chill out and regain lost confidence. With a thriving economy, it is also an ideal location for a brand new start.




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