Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4962906-20151003135616/@comment-4427410-20151018090113

Regina may have loved Henry but she gaslighted him, made other people think he was crazy, and, when that wasn't enough to keep him in the dark and to herself, tried to murder his birth mother. That is not physical abuse but it is psychological abuse and that is just as bad.

Everyone, including Emma, thought Henry was mentally disturbed anyway, because he kept talking about the Curse and their true identities. Yes, Regina did gaslight him. Emma tried to do the same in late Season 3 by maintaining his amnesia and lying to him in order to ensure she can drag him back to New York City and resume their fantasy life, following Zelena's defeat. Snow and David lied to Emma, fearful of how she would react to their kidnapping of an unborn Lily.