Does emotional abuse by a parent cause depression?

I need proof this happens

verbal abuse

Emotional abuse can be difficult to pin down because there may not be physical signs. Emotional abuse happens when yelling and anger go too far or when parents constantly criticize, threaten, or dismiss kids or teens until their self-esteem and feelings of self-worth are damaged. Emotional abuse can hurt and cause damage just as physical abuse does.
Family violence can affect anyone. It can happen in any kind of family. Sometimes parents abuse each other, which can be hard for a child to witness. Some parents abuse their kids by using physical or verbal cruelty as a way of discipline.

Abuse doesn't just happen in families, of course. Bullying is a form of abusive behavior. Bullying someone through intimidation, threats, or humiliation can be just as abusive as beating someone up. People who bully others may have been abused themselves. This is also true of people who abuse someone they're dating. But being abused is no excuse for abusing someone else.

Someone growing up in a family where there is violence or abuse may not know that there are other ways for family members to treat each other. A person who has only known an abusive relationship may mistakenly think that hitting, beating, pushing, shoving, or angry name-calling are perfectly normal ways to treat someone when you're mad. Seeing parents treat each other in abusive ways might lead a child to think that's a normal relationship. But abuse is not a normal or healthy way to treat people.

It's normal for people who have been abused to feel upset, angry, and confused about what happened to them. They may feel guilty and embarrassed and blame themselves. But abuse is never the fault of the person who is being abused, no matter how much the abuser tries to blame others.

People who are abused may have trouble getting help because it means they'd be reporting on someone they love 鈥?someone who may be wonderful much of the time and awful to them only some of the time. A person might be afraid of the consequences of reporting, either because they fear the abuser or the family is financially dependent on that person.
People who are being abused often feel afraid, numb, or lonely. Getting help and support is an important first step toward
Teens who are abused (or have been in the past) often have trouble sleeping, eating, and concentrating. They may not do well at school because they are angry or frightened, or because they can't concentrate or don't care.

When people are abused, it can affect every aspect of their lives, especially self-esteem,anxiety and depression.How much abuse harms a person depends on the situation and sometimes on how severe the abuse is. Sometimes a seemingly minor thing can trigger a big reaction.

There are two kinds of depression: clinical depression which has no discernible external cause; and simple depression, or "the blues." The latter has an external cause: child abuse, death of a pet or loved one, failure at school, loss of a job, falling into debt, being served a 30 day eviction notice, and so forth. The former kind has no external cause. You just don't like yourself much or hate your life.

Yes - there are two ways to get depression, biological and situational. Various types of abuse in childhood can actually alter the chemicals in the brain leading to less serotonin and dopamine, and even brain restructuring. This can lead to a lessened inability to deal with stress later in life. This in turn can also lead to more situational depression because the brain becomes less able to cope with various stressors and routine problems.

I dug up a couple websites I thought you may find of interest.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a...

http://eqi.org/eabuse1.htm

Hope this is proof enough for you. Good luck.

most definitely. why wouldn't it? anyone who is abused verbally tends to feel low self-esteem, sad, and very confused. And alot of times when these people are abused, they tend to not know anything else and start verbally abusing others as well because they were abused also.

emotional abuse by anyone can cause depression
tell your parents how you are feeling
if they do nothing to help see your doc and explain whats going on