AND NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS ALSO: KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION WORKETH PATIENCE; AND PATIENCE, EXPERIENCE; AND EXPERIENCE, HOPE: AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED; BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO US……Romans 5: 3-5 KJV
These are some side- effects of long-term emotional abuse which have been experienced by us or other women we know.
Can you think of any more examples? E-mail us your ideas and we’ll include them on the list.
STRESS
DEPRESSION
SLEEP DISTURBANCES
ANGER
LOW SELF-ESTEEM
ANXIETY
POOR RELATIONSHIP CHOICES
UNJUSTIFIED FEELINGS OF GUILT
INABILITY TO TRUST
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
MIGRAINES & HEADACHES
EATING DISORDERS
ALCOHOLISM
INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE
JOB PROBLEMS
LOW IMMUNITY
FREQUENT OR SERIOUS ILLNESSES
ABUSING OTHERS
INAPPROPRIATE RAGE
AVOIDANCE OF CONFLICT
FEAR OF REJECTION
EXHAUSTION
BREATHING DIFFICULTIES OR ASTHMA
ULCERS
NIGHTMARES
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
SKIN CONDITIONS
CANCER
RECURRENT STIFF NECK
BACK PROBLEMS
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
THYROID DISEASE
LACK OF CONFIDENCE
RESENTMENT
ACCIDENT-PRONE
FOOD CRAVINGS
ALLERGIES OR HIVES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ADDICTIONS
HEART DISEASE
EASILY OVERWHELMED
THINNING HAIR
MENSTRUAL OR FERTILITY PROBLEMS
HEART ATTACK
DIGESTIVE UPSETS
FEARS & PHOBIAS
INSOMNIA
SHOULDER PAIN
INABILITY TO SAY NO OR GET OWN NEEDS MET
MASSIVE FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY
EXHAUSTION
HOSTILITY
OCD AND OTHER COMPULSIONS
PTSD SYMPTOMS NOT PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED: HYPERVIGILANCE, FLASHBACKS, EXAGGERATED STARTLE RESPONSE, ETC.
PREMATURE DEATH!
ACCEPTANCE OF ABUSE, BELIEVING YOU DON’T DESERVE BETTER