Short And Long Term Effects Of Physical Abuse

Physical abuse has to do with a person having injuries on their bodies that have been caused intentionally by others. This is the most common form of abuse that is seen throughout the world and history. In some cases patterns of physical abuse can be seen. Individuals that have been physical abuse can end up traumatized. In the article “The Relationship Between Child Physical Abuse and Victimization in Dating Relationships: The role of Experiential Avoidance” describes how there can be an increase risk to being re-victimized for those that were physically

The stress caused by abuse may show itself through associated health problems. Stress affects our cardiac, neurological, respiratory, gastro-intestinal and muscular systems. People who are under stress for any length of time may experience some of the following symptoms: panic attacks, palpitations, headaches,

The consequences of maltreatment can lead to psychological problems and physical problems. When a child has been abused this can make the child angry. Self-esteem is usually caused when someone is emotionally abused as the person may talk down to the child and make the child feel useless. When somebody is sexually abused, the consequence may be an STI or even unwanted pregnancy. Other consequences that can happen due to abuse is, diseases, stress, and illnesses. These can be due to Neglect, if the child is not looked after properly then the child could end up ill, this can also happen due to neglect if the home environment is not healthy.

Emotional abuse is any kind of abuse that is emotional rather than physical in nature. It can

Physical abuse can happen in their own home, the carer's home, or a facility, such as a nursing home. The most immediate physical effects include wounds, and injuries (e.g., bruises, dental problems, head injuries, broken

They would find it hard trusting people because they will think that people might abuse them because they are vulnerable and scared of other people or they have displaced anger where they have aggressive behaviour towards other people because of what happened. Due to physical abuse there is a possibility that the child could be perpetrators of abuse themselves where they have learnt it from their parents and they think it is ok for them to do it themselves. Physical abuse could also affect the child’s social skills they would want to be isolated from others because they are scared and also it affects their capacity to learn because they think that they aren’t good enough. Physical abuse can cause the child to self-harm or attempted suicide because the child couldn’t take it anymore and think that there is no point in

Psychological or emotional abuse can also be emotional and mental. It affects adults in many ways. This type of abuse can be oral, through messages or through actions. For example, a previous partner could be jealous of a new relationship and try and separate the two people by creating lies. This problem can occur in both men and women. A person could be threatened and treated with little respect to make the other person seem more superior than the threatened person. Continuous put-downs and name calling can also be psychological abuse as the person could feel embarrassed and humiliated in front of others. All of these things can lead to a person feeling

Some other effects of being physically abused are problems controlling their emotions; they are less competent

Emotional: Emotional child abuse is a form of behaviour that effects a child’s emotional development and sense of wellbeing. Signs of emotional abuse can vary by age and even gender. Children suffering form emotional mistreatment can become overly aggressive or extremely withdrawn, they may even show signs of both. The signs of emotional abuse can be hard to detect and even harder to link, as a direct cause, to verbal and psychological maltreatment. Some typical characteristics of children suffering emotional abuse may include, low self-confidence, becoming detached and finding it difficult to form relationships, the child maybe become aggressive towards others and may refrain form making eye contact when being spoken to or interacting with others. In older children alcohol or drug abuse can be an indicator of emotional abuse.

Emotional abuse – involves the persistent psychological mistreatment of a child and may include making the child feel inadequate, unloved or worthless, imposing inappropriate developmental expectations on a child, threatening, taunting or humiliating the child or exploiting or corrupting

When a child experiences emotional abuse, the wounds run skin deep. Kids who suffer repeated trauma feel lonely, scared, worthless and unloved, which is exactly the opposite of how children should feel. Abused children often become broken, hollow and bitter, with mental consequences that last long after the physical wounds have healed. The emotional stress it puts on children is tremendous.

The effects on the body that happen during and after abusive relationship.There are many different physical effects that can occur to a battered victim. In addition to bruises or scars, long term effects include arthritis, high blood pressure, and heart disease and sexual

Emotional abuse is “a form of deliberate manipulation that is used, often by a parent or romantic partner, to maintain control” (Emotional abuse) When a parent is not treating their child with no respect or exposing them online that is emotional abuse. It is an expectation that parents provide a safe environment that kids should stay in. When a child grows up in this type of environment then they grow up “they grow up feeling unloved, unwanted, and fearful” (Mcbride). This makes them fearful of the parent because they have so much power under them. Some of effects of emotional abuse could be insecurity, poor self-esteem. Mostly likely when that child becomes an adult and has kids they will do the same thing that was done to them. When a person is hurt they are mostly likely going to hurt others. When a child is emotional abuse it can cause long term psychological. damage. Think about your childhood did you like when your parents talk down to you or when they embarrassed you in front of your friends? Now imagine how your kids feel when you discipline them in front everyone or even online where everyone can see. Furthermore in order for a kid to do better the parent has to also make some effort to do better as

c. The child could end up killing their self from all of the abuse he/she went through.

The people doing it or seeing it may not even know that it is happening. Emotional abuse can change a thought of a child. A positive to a negative if you will. Then eventually many thoughts a child may have will direct to completely negative. Emotional abuse can be crippling to a child’s everyday life. Humiliation, judging, criticizing and degradation are just some forms of emotional abuse. Verbal abuse is not the same, but can identify with the silent scars as emotional abuse. These kinds of abuses will interfere with a child’s development and may be more likely to have self-esteem issues than most children. The physiological effect will ultimately damage a bond between the child, and the attacker.