What is verbal abuse?
Verbal abuse can be considered as a way to maintain control and power over an individual, a significant other. It can also be thought of as ways that someone tries to dominate or control their partner. This is usually done by the abuser for the reasons that it makes them feel powerful and assert dominance over their victims.
Some types of verbal abuse are more obvious than others, some are more subtle such as:
- Withholding
- Countering
- Discounting
- Verbal abuse disguised as jokes
- Blocking and diverting
- Accusing and blaming
- Judging and criticizing
- Trivializing
- Undermining
- Threatening
- Name calling
- Forgetting
- Ordering
- Denial
- Abusive anger
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