to deny harm caused

they flip the responsibility onto the victim by weaponizing mental health

with assumptive diagnosis to dismiss feelings shared.

This abuser is attempting

to pass on the trauma of punishment for sharing resulting in emotional repression.

This is not connective communication

but is authoritarian

as it allows one person to decide for another in a moment of conflicting realities.

Abusers often feel entitled to authority/ control over their victims even when covert/ manipulative.

Telling someone they shouldn’t feel one way

while labeling it illness

is a sure fire way to convince someone they are the problem

instead of addressing what actually caused hurt.

This is the easy path for the abuser

as it means the only person who has to change is the one expressing and feeling pain.

Essentially it means the abuser has decided

the victim should change how they feel

as the abuser does not care enough to change behavior.

The US has done this with many countries the corporations actively undermine economically in the name of profit for a sparse few. They villainize those citizens who stand up to the harm caused by their control.

Interpersonal or global scale:

abusers do what abusers do.