What is worse, verbal or physical abuse?
I would rather take a beating and get it over with and to listen to someone i love hurt my heart with their hateful words against me. It weakens the mind and heart.
Is abuse -- physical or psychological -- ever "deserved"?
I am friends with a married couple. The husband is physically and mentally abusive -- I have witnessed the terrible verbal abuse, and I know he has been arrested for domestic violence, and has even broken bones. But if you sit down and talk to him, he makes it seem like it's his wife's fault. He says, "I may be mean to her, but I have a reason. She treats me so horribly -- she is so mean to me -- for no reason." Even though I hate myself for it, and I feel as if I am being manipulated, I feel like maybe she makes his life miserable for him and he is just retaliating. Is there ANY way she deserves his treatment of her -- is it really, as he says, a two-way street?
Is psychological bullying worse than physical bullying?
It’s not really a question of which is worse. It’s rather a lot like asking if death by poison is a better or worse way to die than death by stabbing—by which I don’t mean the immediately fatal sort. They’re both drawn out and extremely painful, physically and/or psychologically. The same is true for abuse. ALL forms of abuse are psychological. There is no way to abuse a person and have it only be physical or only be verbal. They’re all based in the effects caused to the mind/emotions. However, it’s also important to realize that there are people who prefer physical methods; there are those who tend toward openly hateful verbal rhetoric; and there are those who are much more subtle and skilled, preferring to focus on the psychological effects to the victim. Often, this last person can drive you half-crazy, to the point where you’re spending every day looking over your shoulder, all while those around you will swear that s/he is just being friendly and you’re over-reacting. Thus, whatever the primary method is, the psychological aspects of abuse are the longer-lasting and more damaging. No matter how severe a physical attack is, short of death or a permanent injury, the damage will heal in a matter of weeks/months. In contrast, no matter what other methods are employed, the psychological effects of abuse can last for decades and impact every other aspect of your life, for the rest of your life.
Which is worse, verbal or physical abuse?
I don’t think you can make that conclusion. Both have very bad consequences.One time physical abuse is more likely to cause PTSD.Verbal abuse is less likely to be acknowledged by anyone.Physical abuse that leaves bruises can allow you to escape the abuse through child protective services. Verbal abuse alone will not give you that opportunity without recordings.Verbal abuse can leave scars that no one will acknowledge and can take years to repair since no one acknowledges them.Physical abuse can permanently physically disable youVerbal abuse can mentally disable you; make you unable to function because of anxiety, fear of mind games, confusion, and constant stress.
Which is worse and why? Mental or physical abuse?
People say mental because the scars are invisible, but last longer.
What's worse? mental or physical abuse?
I think any abuse is terrible but mental is for worse because it leaves no scars and sometimes it will never mend and heal. You can go thou the rest of your life beaten down and feeling you are worthless and ugly and stupid and you should be grateful that He/she even takes care of you. So, you live in a shell and tell no one how you are treated behind closed doors. You are afraid all the time and just want to be loved and told you have some value. With physical abuse there is a honey moon period between beatings.Your spouse is remorseful and treats you well. With mental abuse its a ever day ongoing thing.
What's worse, emotional abuse or physical abuse?
Also would you rather be emotionally abused in a long-term relationship, or raped once by a stranger. I know this is pretty morbid but I have a reason for asking
Which is supposedly worse: mental abuse or physical abuse?
physical is also the worst too and soo is mental and emotional abuse their all pretty much the same but phyiscal is physical like hitting people and makin them feel physically threatend and in danger but with mental and emotional your abusing them with words like i hate you and you are goin too burn in hell or you will never fight me or i will beat the demons out of you i also fear physical i wouldnt wanna be around my father becausause he physicaly beat me which put me in breakdown and after i got tookin away from him i hit myself oo hard that i had to go too counceling because i thought everything was my fault soo i would physically do the same thing he did and i also get confused when people tell me what too believe because i do change me minds soo offten i feared my dad because he layed strikes on me black and blue and he also beat me after i threw up as a child and it got worse and then i started bleeding which i will never forget that day all of it has affected me and is still affecting me because its all a tape recorder that plays in your head all thedays you live you suffer from trauma and its spreads when you get older because you abuse people like you were abused or somethines it is worse then what you were abused like