how can you know if you are suffering emotional abuse from your mother?

i´d like to hear from people that have suffered emotional abuse from their mothers. Im really confused about this.

[Fisforfriends]

I never suffered emotional abuse from my mother but I did from my father. I'm not really sure what you are confused about. A lot of mine was mixed with physical abuse which is kind of hard to mistake for anything else but my father would say things to me like, "you ruined my life" and "why did you have to be born?" and "your a crazy psyco c*nt like your mother" and "f*ck you i never layed a hand on you your a b*tch" not to be rude but I'm not really sure what else you would classify that under besides emotional abuse especially when it is said to a child.

[jo929]

you do not give much information for one to give advice. also you do not give your age, just what are you calling emotional abuse  luck  jo

[George p]

i have been abused my whole life from my mom emotional and verbal abuse, i am 55 and she totally screws up all my relationships w girlfriends, she steals, lies and talks to my 90 year old father like he is a piece of ****, she wont make a will because she thinks she will die, I am at the point of really hurting her, She calls me 20 times a day to tell me what a wonderful mother she is, She wont go to a shrink and thinks the rest of the family is fot the issues, She used to take me to get drugs when i was a kid , it took me 45 years almost died to get clean, I cant take her abuse any longer, my therapist i used to go to said she is the devil in sheep's skin,My sister hasnt talked to her in 15 years, We both want to get her commited so at least my dad can have whatever he has left in life without her abuse, If anyone has suggestions please dont hesitate to tell me .
Thanks
George
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