These outbursts are often extreme, involving yelling, shouting, and threatening body language. Although they don’t escalate to physical violence, they can still be very frightening, and verbal violence is a serious issue, too.In a relationship, you retain your identity, including your emotions, beliefs, thoughts, and opinions, says Patricia Evans, a consultant, speaker, author, and expert on verbal abuse.
A verbal abuser may respond negatively to these forms of your separateness, failing to see their positive sides instead of taking them as an irritant or an attack on them.A verbal abuser may try to make you question your perception of the world by warping reality to fit their narrative.
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