Causes of Psychological violence

What is psychological violence?

Psychological violence is a type of violence in which violent
behaviors and attitudes are exercised towards a person,
causing both mental and emotional damage to the person.
This type of violence could cause problems of anxiety,
depression, self-esteem, among others.
Some authors such as the renowned American clinical
psychologist Lenore Walker define psychological violence
as: “a set of behaviors and attitudes that aim to control,
dominate, manipulate and humiliate the partner through the
use of intimidation, fear, shame. , guilt and denial.”
Types of psychological violence
Psychological violence has different ways of presenting
itself, these are some of the examples that a person who
exercises psychological violence against another may have:
• Manipulation: this is where the aggressor exercises
manipulation or control over the affected person in order to
limit their own decisions, prohibit friends and even family
members.
• Humiliate: the person who exercises psychological
violence with her partner or friends tends to humiliate her in
public, it can be comments on her physique, her way of
thinking, acting and even on her own friends.
• Threats: as the name suggests, the aggressor makes
threatening comments or comments that involve a possible
action on the affected person.
• Emotional invalidation: this is when the aggressor
constantly minimizes the person's feelings, that is, denying
 or hiding the psychological violence exerted on the affected
person.
• Prohibition: one of the types of psychological violence can
be presented as the prohibition to see or hang out with
friends, family, even people who suffer from it could not
have contact with anyone either because the aggressor
prohibits it.
• Gaslighting: this is a practice where the aggressor exercises
psychological violence by distorting the reality of the
situation, seeking to make the victim confused and think that
everything he is doing is wrong and the aggressor is doing
right.

Main causes of psychological violence

Psychological violence is very common not only
in family units, but also in work, academic, and
even friendship relationships.
The causes can be related to training, but it can
also be said that it occurs when the person who
exercises psychological violence is not present in
an attitudinal sense and, therefore, exerts pressure
and degradation on others.
Likewise, another cause is the inability to
recognize or respect the place of another.
This is how violent reactions are stimulated. So it
can be said that psychological violence is caused
 precisely by problems managing emotions and
developing good attitudes.
This indicates that not only the victim of
psychological violence needs therapy and
treatment to escape the vicious circles of this type
of violence, but also the perpetrator.

Psychological abuse, also known as mental or emotional

abuse, involves using verbal and non-verbal communication
to try to control someone or harm them emotionally. Though
psychological abuse doesn't leave bruises and broken bones,
it can cause severe emotional issues and mental health
conditions.

Psychological abuse can take different forms, which can

include:

 Intimidation
 Coercion
 Bullying
 Ridicule
 Humiliation
 Gaslighting
 Harassment
 Infantilization
 Isolation
 Silence
 Manipulation
 Control
  Threats
 Name calling

These are some examples of psychological child abuse:7

 Yelling or swearing at the child

 Constantly criticizing or picking on the child
 Humiliating the child or talking down to them
 Blaming or punishing the child for adults' problems
 Threatening to hurt the child or abandon them
 Failing to create a healthy, safe, and stable environment
for the child
 Allowing the child to witness violence or abuse at home

DAMAGE THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE CAN

CAUSE

Felings of shame and guilt, phobias, panic disorders are

built in the victim, there may even be total physical
inactivity or suicidal behaviors and self-harm may occur

What diseases cause pshychological violence?

The damage caused by violence goes far beyond

physical damage. violence causes depresión, anxiety
and other mental health disorders.

What Is pshychological violence, an example?

• Emotional violence also known as mental or

pshychological abuse, can occur in a multitude of forms,
such as: frightening, terrorizing, threatening, exploting,
rejecting, isolating, ignoring insulting, humiliating or
ridiculing a child