Emotional abuse has lasting impacts because rather than bruising the superficial, which will heal, it scars our soul. It causes the words, and feelings they invoke, to become our truth. ‘You’re useless, worthless, ugly, stupid…’ plays on repeat in our mind, effecting our self-image, causing us great feelings of low self-worth, value and respect. We end up with low self-esteem and practically no self-confidence. That is, until we rewrite the script!