Is the silent treatment and withholding emotional comfort and affection forms of emotional abuse?

Answer 1

I would say so. Not a good thing any how if it is not considered emotional abuse.

Answer 2

Yes. It isn't conducive to a loving relationship. The silent treatment and withholding emotional comfort and affection is definitely emotional abuse. These actions are negative and promote bad feelings.

Answer 3

From the sketchy information you give it's hard to answer. I think this an age honored way of handling situations that have become too hot to handle. But if it goes on for too long, it certainly can be emotional abuse. You're left holding on to the emotional bomb, and that hurts. Usually this kind of treatment only lasts about 12-24 hours tops. Unfortunately love is not enough in a marriage. You may want to start marriage councilor shopping. It's hard to find a good one, and the old saying in the profession is that by the time they come for therapy, it's too late. But I do wish you the best.
Blessed Be

Answer 4

no I don't personally think that silent treatment or withholding emotional comfort are abuse. But ask yourself why you choose to be with a person who is treating you this way? Sometimes actions speak louder than words! You all need to have a serious talk, you need to find out what's wrong, and if he Say's nothings wrong you need to explain that his emotional disconnection and silent treatment are not right for your relationship, and how this treatment is making you fill. Good luck and God-bless!

Answer 5

I guess it is, it's what I do to my Husband when we fight. I've never really thought about it as a form of abuse before. I suppose it makes sense. Ever time I withhold emotional affection from my Husband I am sending the message that I only love him when he agrees with me or does exactly what I want.
I've been trying to change, it's very hard.

Answer 6

Yes this is emotional abuse. If this is a significant other, well you've received your sign already, this person is selfish. If you think he/she will change, WRONG, they/he/she will not. Someone who treats a person they claim to love in that manner doesn't have a clue what love is. Spare your self the heart ache and move on. However, if you are responsible for hurting this person, then seek a mediator to help work things out, otherwise this may go on for a long time. Good luck and remember, love your self first and never allow anyone to emotionally abuse you. No one deserves that! Be strong

Answer 7

No, I don't think they are forms of emotional abuse. More like passive-aggressive behavior; however, sometimes I do that when my husband has acted in a way that has hurt me emotionally because I am too hurt to share my emotions with him and open up.

Either way, it isn't a healthy reaction for either party in a relationship. It doesn't solve anything.

Answer 8

Absolutely. I was a victim of this form of abuse and it was brutal.
I wish very slim and sexy, (one of the reasons why we got married), (stilll am) and my husband would spend hours downloading porongraphy off the internet. Then fall into bed too tired to be attentive to me. Throughout the duration of our 4 year marriage I can recount every single sexual encounter. All 18 of them!!!
He would grow angry and throw and break all MY things.
He ripped our marriage certificate to sheds after an agruement and then left the pieces for me to clean up.
The same agruement prompted him to destroy our wedding photos. we only been married a total of 5 months at this time.
There was more... so much more.
He was passive aggressive so he start an agruement and then use it as the reason why he wa sleeping on the couch for a week.
He with held sex from more times than I can remember. Well I can remember hence 18 times in our marriage. Calls to wom work were spying on him. He never came straight home ever
from work. He would jumpp through hoops for anyone at long as it wasnt me.
Oh and I was called everything but a child of God. He once cursed me out in front of my mother. of course she hates him.
One of the comments said its wrong if its underserved. Who deserves to called names, with held affection and comfort.
The final straw?
My mother was diagnosed with cancer. On hearing the news I went to home and was prostrate with grief on the floor. He walked in saw me crying and sobbing face swollen and demanded whats wrong with you? I managed to get it out between sobs and gulps mommies got cancer. He murmured a weak I'm sorry. He left me on the floor, got undressed, and got in the bed.
My prayer was simple: To give me the strength to help my mother fight the good fight, and I will divorce him.
She did. Shes a survivor. I did I am a survivor. He is a jerk.
But it cost more than a marriage, it cost me self esteem, it had drinking a bottle of wine a day, it cost my nerves so bad my hair was falling out in clumps, most a of all it cost me a little part of my heart. I still wince when I hear men call women bytches and whores, because those are the weapons he used against me.
So is the silent treatment and withholding emotional comfort and affection forms of emotional abuse, it is the ultimate form of emotional abuse.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Yes!!! In the worst way. We are emotional creatures. Emotional stability is needed like air that we breathe. That is the worst abuse because it is often intentional and goes unnoticed and then cause serious emotional damage. Pray for God's peace in your life and in your mind. Affirm that you have healthy relationships and that you are wiser about the people that you allow to be in your circle. You are the most important person you will ever take care of. Take good care of yourself and your emotional well being :)

Peace and Blessings

Answer 11

Well it is certainly uncomfortable to live with, childish and immature. Whoever is doing this does need counseling. Agree to go with he/her so it can be determined "why" they are doing it...but it can be solved. If it's a women withholding sex as a form of manipulation, then she is using it to get her way...or to punish someone. It definitely needs counseling...or it would be abuse for the guy involved.