How can I tell if I’m actually going through emotional abuse and not just being overemotional?

speakingofabuse:

well, here’s a few signs:

• if you are scared of somebody 
• if they call you names, invalidate your feelings, apologize insincerely for upsetting you, or manipulate you
• if somebody has ever called you “worthless”, “useless”, “good for nothing”, or any other variation of telling you that you don’t have value
• if you think about all your actions in words in terms of “will this make them mad at me” because they tend to get mad over small things
• if you feel like you have to change your demeanor and personality to suit them because otherwise they’ll be angry
• if you can’t set up boundaries like “take time to cool down when you’re mad so you don’t call me names”
• if you don’t have a space that is just yours for at least some time during each day because they invade it
• if you fear they will go through your phone, diary, journal, etc
• if you are asking “am i being emotionally abused” that’s also a pretty big indicator that you are