Imagine being backed into a corner by a large bear that is roaring and screeching and over all, terrifying. Paralyzed and helpless, whatever is in that corner isn’t going to fare well against the bear. This is what verbal abuse feels like. The abuser attacks the victim, trapping them in a mental corner and paralyzing the victim’s brain until they are defeated, until the attacker feels like they’ve won, and the one abused gives up. Verbal abuse is damaging at any age, crippling functions of the brain and sinking the mental status into the deepest, darkest holes it can find until the state of mind is so low that there is no escape. Verbal abuse in children and teens is extremely damaging, causing anything from mental illnesses to ultimate death.
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Oftentimes a child learns how to hide these impulses from their friends and family. Self destructive behaviors can be physical, such as cutting, bruising, and burning, or mental, telling themselves that the abuser is right, maybe they are what they say, self deprecation, etc. It also manifests as destruction of things around them, such as punching walls and burning whatever objects they can find. Through self-deprecation and continuous verbal abuse, these self destructive behaviors will stop being behaviors and start being symptoms of serious mental illnesses, such as depression and
Oftentimes a child learns how to hide these impulses from their friends and family. Self destructive behaviors can be physical, such as cutting, bruising, and burning, or mental, telling themselves that the abuser is right, maybe they are what they say, self deprecation, etc. It also manifests as destruction of things around them, such as punching walls and burning whatever objects they can find. Through self-deprecation and continuous verbal abuse, these self destructive behaviors will stop being behaviors and start being symptoms of serious mental illnesses, such as depression and