Emotional abuse is most commonly overlooked because it is not easy to spot. Instead of leaving physical scars emotional abuse ( often known as psychological or mental abuse) leaves emotional scars. Emotional abuse is when someone either threatened, shamed, verbally abused and or manipulated. People who suffer from emotional abuse have their self-confidence and self-worth ripped away from them leaving them emotionally distant and unavailable. Unable to open up to others. Most of the time emotional abuse is found in relationships. The abuse of the relationship is normally possessive and overly jealous. The victim is scared to stay but yet scared to leave. Psychological abuse is normally a stepping stone to other types of physical abuse and sexual