Short Term Effects Of Verbal Abuse

Although verbal abuse is usually defined as a secondary form of abuse, it is better categorized as the primary form of abuse. Verbal abuse can effortlessly be mistaken for joking with friends. People, depending on their views, do not even acknowledge verbal abuse to be an actual form of abuse. Throughout this essay I will be explaining how verbal abuse is the most common form of abuse, and reveal the effects that are detrimental to today’s population and future generations. There are many numerous kinds of abuse, and the most well known are economic, sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, and verbal abuse. Economic abuse has to do with money and jobs some examples would be taking money, not allowing decisions in financial choices, …show more content…
A simpler explanation is using negative words to the victim or about the victim so the victim feels useless. Verbal abuse is like blaming someone, or insulting a person. The short term effects of verbal abuse are difficulty forming conclusions and making decisions, feel or accept that there is something wrong with them on a basic level (selfish, too sensitive, "crazy", etc.), analyze and relive abusive experiences to see where they made mistakes, doubt their ability to communicate, experience self-doubt, low self-confidence, and lose spontaneity or enthusiasm. The long term effects are fear and anxiety, depression, stress and PTSD, intrusive memories, memory gap disorders, sleep or eating problems, hypervigilance and exaggerated startle responses, irritability, anger issues, alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, self-mutilation, and assaultive behaviors. All of these effects are simply from the words that came out of someone's mouth, if people would just stop and contemplate before they say something and consider if it will be helpful or harmful we can stop verbal abuse from …show more content…
The abuser often has a sense of entitlement, the abuser believes they have power and control over the abused, belief that they can get away with it, or have learned experience that abusing gets them what they want. Verbal abuse is capable of hurting someone very effortlessly because there is no way to stop it unless the abuser wants to stop, or gets in trouble. Verbal abuse is the most common type of abuse because there are no visible marks left behind, and if a person says something in private there is no way to prove it was said. Verbal abuse is considered a big deal, or not a problem at all, depending on how a person is raised.
Overall, verbal abuse is better categorized as the primary form of abuse. Verbal abuse is the primary form because it is done unconsciously. The effects are harmful to the victim and last a lifetime, whereas physical abuse last a couple of weeks, and you just wait for the bruises to go