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Do you think you might be in an emotionally abusive relationship?

This “emotional abuse quiz” can help identify patterns of behavior that are examples of emotional abuse in romantic relationships, friendships, and with family members.

Emotional abuse is a form of control that uses emotions to criticize, embarrass, shame, blame, or otherwise manipulate another person.

Like all forms of abuse, emotional abuse is all about gaining power and control over another person.

Emotional abuse is often subtle and hard to spot — especially early on in any relationship alongside other early relationship red flags.

Often times, you can begin to spot emotional abuse by asking yourself: How did what this person say or do make me feel?

If you consistently feel hurt, frustrated, confused, misunderstood, depressed, anxious, or worthless... you may be experiencing an emotionally abusive relationship.

If you think you may be in an emotionally abusive situation, you can take this emotional abuse quiz to better understand the different forms of emotional abuse and how they manifest themselves.

Please utilize the resources at the end of the quiz including the National Domestic Violence Hotline and VictimConnect to help you create a safety plan to exit the relationship in a way that protects your physical, mental, and digital safety.

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This quiz was originally published in July 2021 and has been taken by over 125,000 people since. In August 2024, we updated the questions and resources found within the “emotional abuse quiz" along with others to help clarify and ensure access to most relevant resources.

While we do not collect personal information, we do collect aggregate information from quiz responses to help use evaluate responses and help others know they are not alone in what is happening to them.

With over 125,000 responses, our emotional abuse quiz shows:

• 74.7% of respondents state the other person is dismissive of them.
  

• 86.6% of respondents state that the other person blames them for their behavior, emotions, or reactions
  

• 83.7% of respondents state they have to walk on eggshells around their partner because they often don't know how they will react.
  

If you have questions or comments regarding the results of the “emotional “abuse quiz", please contact us at hello@garbo.io