Just As Good As Thanatos Research Paper

Leslie Rodriguez

Hollier

ENGL 1301, Period 5

25 October 2017

Just As Good As Thanatos

“It robs a person of their self-esteem, their ability to think rationally, the confidence they have in themselves and their independence and autonomy.” Psychological abuse is a form of abuse, characterized by a person subjecting, or exposing, another person to behavior that may result in psychological trauma. The psychological abuse caused by others induces depression and self-harm which feasibly leads to suicide.

Notably, depression and loss of identity occur when a tormenter tells their victim that they’re worthless or something resembling it habitually, causing the victim to believe them. The line between innocence and being the one to blame for one’s

self-misery is blurred. Motivating the target to spiral into a swirl of depression. An anonymous person said the following about psychological abuse, “You drained me of my identity and injected self-doubt into my veins Left me questioning my own sanity Walking around aimlessly At war with my own body every day Trying to scrub your heavy words off my skin My mental state has been shaken to its core I don’t know who I am anymore”. Judith Trowler wrote an article stating, “Whether the abuse of a child involves neglect, physical or sexual abuse, it is the emotional and psychological damage that generally leads to long-term difficulties”. Forming the conclusion that no matter how small the victim will suffer psychological damage, in which the individual seems to lose all hope in him/herself and humanity. Clearly, words leave invisible but profound wounds in our mind, words that gradually tear and consume the person whole.
Although losing one’s identity and grieving for the person one wishes to be pains them, there are times where it kills.
“It takes a lot to get to the point of turning mental pain into physical pain. When people sit there and make fun of them, they’re forcing them to pull their sleeves down, put on a pair of pants, and hide their skin, pushing them further and further into a hole, and if they are not careful with what they say, that hole will turn into a grave.”. Self-harm and suicide are grave factors of emotional abuse. Paul Gilbert says the following over the subject, “self-harm can be used for emotional and physiological regulation, distracting attention from internal painful feelings or memories, and to communicate distress and to influence others”. Informing the reader that when it comes to self-harm and psychological abuse it is used as a gateway from mental to physical abuse. With more research, I learned that endorphins are formed in the process of causing harm to oneself causing a sense of relief and peacefulness.Although we all crave a sense of happiness and tranquility, there are some that this calmness is essential to them. Not only is it to ease the heartache, but it alleviates those whose mind goes against them. Unlike emotional abuse physical abuse heals and goes away, but words stay with us popping up on random occasions inflicting pain over and over again. The kind of pain you can’t treat or lessen.
The comments sneered towards a person by others, induces depression and self-harm feasibly leading to suicide. Strike a note that,“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can also hurt me. Stones and sticks break only skin, while words are ghosts that haunt me. Slant and curved the word-swords fall, it pierces and sticks inside me. Bats and bricks may ache through bones, but words can mortify me. Pain from words has left its' scar, on mind and hear that's tender. Cuts and bruises have not healed, it's words that I remember.”