I,m sure that many people reading this can relate to emotional abuse in some way or another, Abusers and power mongers, the need to control and dictate. A bully who will resort to physical and psychological or emotional abuse.
The abuser will always initiate the silent treatment, the victim may pull away and be silent as a means to heal and avoid conflict. The difference is in the intent, Abusers want to cause pain and punish you, a passive aggression where circumstances don,t allow for them to physically abuse you. There are many types of abuse and in modern times these have all been exposed. These mentally ill individuals are toxic to relationships and you should remove yourself from them, there is no fix. They are powerless without victims, their threats are worthless and so are they. They play games, break you down and then shower you with words of affirmation, a show of love ready to break you down again. They use this cycle as their weapon, their mind games are all they have. Otherwise they are empty worthless human beings.
This is not normal and if you live in hope that someday things will change, it certainly will, they will change their tactics and use many other forms of abuse because these toxic individuals are just that. TOXIC .