Grant, Clare
Same here, but I'm the one that ended it after several years of pain. I'm a Pisces woman. I'm not perfect (Virgos want perfection). But, I have never cheated or betrayed my Virgo. We all know that Virgo men want perfection and do not communicate well. If a Virgo man loses inter...
Verbal abuse is the onlytype of abusethat can affect every single person with any type of communication ability or understanding. You may be assaulted byverbal abuse at work, at home, at school, on the road, or walking through a park, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. You...
Emotionalabuseisapatternofbehaviorthatattacksachild’semotionaldevelopment&senseofself-worth.Itincludesexcessive,aggressive,orunreasonabledemandsthatplaceexpectationsonachildbeyondhisorhercapacity.Theconstantcriticizing,belittling,insulting,rejecting,andteasingcanbesomeoftheformsofverbalattacks.Also,itincludesfailureto...
Verbal abuse often includes blaming, brainwashing, and intimidation. Hidden aggression is a part of verbal abuse, as well. Verbal abuse is extremely manipulative, as insults are often disguised as caring comments. Verbal abuse can be overt or covert, but it is always about controlling and ...
Verbal abusers demean their victims, so it can be difficult to gather the strength to confront them. One solution is to tape-record an abuser as he berates you. Sometimes, showing a recorder to the abuser and asking him if you can tape the conversation is enough to stop the abuse. If ...
and the sexual abuse by two womenALL DURING THE SAME DAYof a visitation to his home, my Dad tried used a method of instilling intense FEAR. He wanted me to forget what happened by attempting to cover it with other intense emotions, images, and threats. Forget trying to talk about it!
It is often a very good idea to spend some time with a male therapist and some time with a female therapist. The two experiences are complementary and may be better than either alone. It has to be said that all therapy is open to abuse, particularly by enthusiastic but untrained people,...
The abuser has won at that point and deflected responsibility for the verbal abuse. Sometimes, you can deflect verbal abuse with humor. It puts you on equal footing and deprives the abuser of the power they seek in belittling you. Repeating back what is said to you also has an impact, ...
When describing abuse against another person, abuse can come in the form of physical or verbal abuse. For example, someone online may verbally abuse someone they don't like on a social network. Abusing a thing may come in the form of causing it physical damage, interrupting its ability to ...