These comments could be made intentionally to make you feel bad about yourself or unintentionally out of frustration. Either way these negative statements can affect your self-esteem and can in the long run affect your mental health.

As we have just mentioned some people abuse other people on purpose and some people do it unintentionally. In either case, Abuse is wrong and needs to be addressed. This can only be done if you seek help.

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People abuse others for a number of reasons. According to Ramsey – Klawsnik (2000) there are 5 types of abuser:

Overwhelmed offenders: These people want to provide adequate care but the type of care that a person needs is more than they are able to give.

Impaired Offenders: are people who have problems that make them unable to care for others properly such as mental ill health, physical disabilities and so on.

Narcissistic offenders: are motivated by personal gain, the ‘what’s in it for me?’ mindset, not the desire to help others. These people tend to neglect or financially exploit other people.

Domineering or bullying offenders: believe their actions are justified and victim ‘deserved the abuse’.

Sadistic Offenders: are people who feel powerful and important by humiliating others.