[Europe] The Connection Between Verbal Abuse and Anxiety Everyone Ignores

The strong link between anxiety and prelonged emotional abuse is nowdays widly known, however, many people overlook the serious adverse effects of mental abuse, even though its harm is at the same level as physical abuse. Especially children go thourgh a lot of suffering when yelled at, insulted and disconsiderated.

According to Sherri Gordon, published author and expert on bullying prevention: “Verbal abuse is not as clear as other forms of bullying, such as bullying. physical and sexual harassment, so it is difficult to identify. But that doesn't make it any less true".

Typically, verbal abuse is a type of verbal interaction that causes a person emotional harm. This, in turn, leaves a victim in doubt over her own identity. It is not uncommon for a victim of verbal abuse to feel inadequate, obese, and worthless. It is also intended that victims justify, or circumvent, the pattern of verbal abuse, especially when it comes from a person they love and who does not abuse them all the time, but after the abuse is shown to be gentle, kind, loving.

Verbal abuse can lead to anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Chronic Pain, Migraine, Eating Disorders, Digestive Problems. Short-term symptoms are over-thinking, indecision, lack of enthusiasm, and low self-esteem. It can also manifest through different types of behavior, and the clearest signs of it are: mood disorders; calling with contemptuous names (to manipulate and abuse the victim); the abuser thinks he is always right and is never wrong; blame (the abuser thinks that others are always to blame); abusive jokes (without the consent of the other); attacking the interests and hobbies of others by making them feel worthless; disrespecting and disapproving everything others do, making them feel useless and empty; everything is done behind closed doors when no one can see them; verbal abuse can occur at school, at work and at home and living alone (the abused often live in isolation and avoid socializing in order to protect themselves and because they lack confidence in the presence of other people).