20 Ways to Hope for the Verbal Abuser
The Department of Justice (2017) defines verbal or emotional abuse as: “undermining an individual’s sense of self-worth and/or self-esteem. This may include, but is not limited to constant criticism, diminishing one’s abilities, name-calling, or damaging one’s relationship with his or her children.” Evans (1996) mentions the following characteristics of abusers in The Verbally Abusive Relationship: argumentative, arrogant, aggressive, bitter, commanding, competitive, complainer, conceited, controlling, critical, cruel, demanding, dismissive, easily frustrated, explosive, inattentive, insensitive, irritable, insecure, intense, intolerant, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lack of empathy, hostile, manipulative, mistrusting, negative, obsessed, paranoid, possessive, punishing, rejecting, resentful, resistant, ruthless, secretive, selfish, self-righteous, shut-down, suspicious, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unforgiving, unpredictable, and vicious. Do any of the...
continue reading »