When a person is physically abused with a blackened eye for example - that singular action undeniably defines it as abuse to the victim personally as well as anyone else that sees the physical damage.
With emotional and psychological abuse there is no one and outward bruise or sign of abuse. Sometimes the victim is not even aware of the words and actions from their abuser that are harming and even destroying them like the children raised with a Narcissistic parent.
The real bruises are on the inside as well as many scars that have built up over time. It makes it extremely difficult for a victim to express the damage that lives in their heart, soul and mind especially when they have been blamed, made to feel worthless, like they don't fit in, and SILENCED without a voice.
Sometimes the victim is frozen in this abuse for their entire life. The real damage here is that somehow it was connected to a love they believed in."
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