Is this gossip or not?

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Is it gossip if you confide in a trusted friend about the emotionally abusive behavior of a family member which has been going on for several years, only once, and because you are experiencing declining mental health because of it? I usually keep my mouth shut through anything that happens to me because I am scared of sinning, but the other day was my breaking point and a person close to me asked what was wrong. My nerves were so shot that I was shaking, so I thought I was justified in confiding in her. Was I?
 
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Yes, but carry it further and get help from a professional or from the law. Peace.
 
Gossip tends to be spreading information about others with no relevance to or bearing on you - often times unconfirmed information for the sake of being the one “in the know”. That’s not what you describe here. You’re perfectly within your moral rights to express your feelings about how someone is treating you to another trusted individual provided you aren’t being overly malicious or falsifying the details.
 
What you describe is not gossip, it is confiding in a friend or a professional.

Anyway, gossip gets a bad rap (Catechism never mentions gossip, fyi).
 
I think you were justified. I pray things get better for you.
God bless
 
Okay, thank you all for your (name removed by moderator)ut. Emotional abuse is so insidious that I rather be hit physically than suffer from wounds caused by hatred, lies, and invalidation. It can make me feel like I am the most worthless person on earth sometimes. I am taking measures to cut off the source of this abuse though. It’s truly unbearable. Please pray for me.
 
We’re happy that you are seeking help.
Speaking to your friend was a good beginning to processing and overcoming the damage done to you.
May God fill you with a true sence of how precious you are in His sight.
May God bring you to healing.
May God convert your abuser to become a Christian in spirit and in act.
 
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