There are many different forms of emotional abuse and it will greatly depend on which one is yours. There are parents who are abusive to their children and they have no idea they are being abused emotionally until it is almost too late to help them out. Then we have cases of people of authority emotional abusing a co-worker or even a student. These people are trapped and don't really understand this abuse and why it is happening to them. We also have cases of a loved one emotional abusing a person. This could be a husband or even a wife. This one is very hard because the person loves the other person and it makes it very hard for this person to escape the abuse they are inflicting on them.
Here are a few things that a person must do to try and break this cycle and get out of the situation or seek professional help to help them cope with these issues.