Vagabond
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What is emotional abuseYes, but we have to remember that we are trained as children to excuse verbal abuse. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”
Emotional abuse is a way to control another person by using emotions to criticize, embarrass, shame, blame, or otherwise manipulate another person. In general, a relationship is emotionally abusive when there is a consistent pattern of abusive words and bullying behaviors that wear down a person's self-esteem and undermine their mental health.
Most children understand what bullying is even if they don't attach the word "abuse" to the behavior.
I was abused by my brothers when I was five. They didn't hurt me physically, but I have borne the psychological scars all my life. Although I did not put the label on the behavior until I was well into middle age, I always knew that what they did to me was wrong.