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poturbowana emocjonalnie

English translation: emotionally battered

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Polish term or phrase:poturbowana emocjonalnie
English translation:emotionally battered
Entered by: Piotr Łazorko

00:30 May 21, 2020
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: poturbowana emocjonalnie
Prosiłbym o sugestie tłumaczenia powyższego zwrotu.


" Ciało najszybciej pokazuje toksyczność relacji. Prawie nigdy nas nie zawodzi. Jeśli czujesz permanentne poczucie winy, krzywdy; jeśli fizycznie źle czujesz się w czyjej obecności, to trzeba uciekać jak najszybciej - sugeruje mentorka Tatiana Mindewicz-Puacz. W "Projekcie Lady" byliśmy świadkami wielu takich historii, z których nasze uczestniczki wychodziły "poturbowane" emocjonalnie właśnie przez takie relacje. Polecamy fragment naszego autorskiego wywiadu o związkach. A to wszystko dzięki Waszym pytaniom, jakie piszecie do nas w komentarzach. Trzymamy rękę na pulsie. Miło, że tyle do nas piszecie."

" Potem zaczyna dostrzegać, że jej mężczyźni byli i obecni też są emocjonalnie poturbowani, że są tzn. "unikającymi bliskości". Takich zwykle przyciąga osoba kochająca za bardzo. Im bardziej unikają, tym bardziej ona ich goni. Orientuje się, że coś tu jest nie tak zwykle w momencie, gdy pomimo starań, wysiłków, pomimo dania mu serca na dłoni oni ją opuszczają. Wtedy zdezorientowane kobiety zaczynają robić bilans i nierzadko trafiają do specjalisty, bo okazuje się, że ten schemat ktoś już opisał, że go się leczy, że takich związków jest wiele."
Piotr Łazorko
Poland
Local time: 10:00
emotionally battered
Explanation:
Out of other similar alternatives, such as emotionally tormented, emotionally scarred or emotionally traumatized, I think "emotionally battered" works best in this case and sounds most appropriate. It describes intense, sustained emotional abuse resulting in significant trauma.

The definitions of batter on dictionary.com are as follows:

"1. to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.
2. to damage by beating or hard usage:"

The text refers to abusive relationships in which people can be emotionally traumatized over long periods. At some point after enough sustained abuse, one can be deemed emotionally battered. This expression is quite a bit stronger than "emotionally bruised," as suggested by Tomasz. When I think of emotional bruising, I think of a one-time incident where I was hurt, but from which I recover rather easily and quickly – much like a bruise itself.

To be emotionally battered is to have sustained emotional abuse for a much more extended period (months, years, or decades). One would probably need psychological intervention at that stage.

There is a PTSD-like condition called "Battered woman syndrome," which refers to the actual physical violence that a woman may suffer. To say "emotionally battered" is to use the word metaphorically for being beaten up emotionally over time. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_woman_syndrome
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Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
Canada
Local time: 02:00
Grading comment
Dziękuję bardzo za pomoc!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4emotionally battered
Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
3 +3emotionally bruised
Tomasz Sienicki
3emotionally mauled/mutilated/lacerated
geopiet
3emotionally mangled
Andrzej Ziomek


  

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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
emotionally bruised


Explanation:
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Tomasz Sienicki
Denmark
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4

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3 hrs
agree  Magda Jäger
5 hrs
agree  Ewa Dabrowska
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
emotionally mauled/mutilated/lacerated


Explanation:
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geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 460
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
emotionally battered


Explanation:
Out of other similar alternatives, such as emotionally tormented, emotionally scarred or emotionally traumatized, I think "emotionally battered" works best in this case and sounds most appropriate. It describes intense, sustained emotional abuse resulting in significant trauma.

The definitions of batter on dictionary.com are as follows:

"1. to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.
2. to damage by beating or hard usage:"

The text refers to abusive relationships in which people can be emotionally traumatized over long periods. At some point after enough sustained abuse, one can be deemed emotionally battered. This expression is quite a bit stronger than "emotionally bruised," as suggested by Tomasz. When I think of emotional bruising, I think of a one-time incident where I was hurt, but from which I recover rather easily and quickly – much like a bruise itself.

To be emotionally battered is to have sustained emotional abuse for a much more extended period (months, years, or decades). One would probably need psychological intervention at that stage.

There is a PTSD-like condition called "Battered woman syndrome," which refers to the actual physical violence that a woman may suffer. To say "emotionally battered" is to use the word metaphorically for being beaten up emotionally over time. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_woman_syndrome

Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
Canada
Local time: 02:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Dziękuję bardzo za pomoc!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TranslateWithMe
2 hrs
  -> Dziękuję.
agree  Magda Jäger
4 hrs
  -> Dziękuję.
agree  mike23
6 hrs
  -> Dziękuję.
agree  petrolhead
7 hrs
  -> Dziękuję.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
emotionally mangled


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • but normally, people don't descend into the spiral of drug abuse if they aren't emotionally mangled in the first place
  • They had been starved, shot at, and terror- ized, and yet here they were drawing and talking. Some seemed more mangled emotionally than others.

    https://books.google.pl/books?id=ISaMAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=mangled+emotionally&source=bl&ots=kzPVvZT4TE&sig=ACfU3U1NWU-eM8ZL5LODFnV5h
    https://books.google.pl/books?id=DDfix0ftJjIC&pg=PT155&lpg=PT155&dq=mangled+emotionally&source=bl&ots=0te4wfOrrY&sig=ACfU3U1AbdVkJeFb5Ys7Spt
Andrzej Ziomek
Poland
Local time: 10:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Asker: Diękuję za pomoc!

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