"Verbal abuse (also verbal attack or verbal assault) is the act of forcefully criticising, insulting, or denouncing another person. - Wikipedia
Through writing on my blog, I continue to find understanding on my experiences, the trauma, the neglect, or anything else you want to call it, and that helps me through some of the healing process. If anyone treats you badly, makes personal remarks, if someone physically hurts or verbally abuses you, if someone emotionally neglects, if someone is being aggressive towards you, it's important to find a place where you can feel safe.
No one expects to have to deal with trauma, with abuse, not everyone will understand what trauma looks like, but when you do, it is important to talk about it and to speak out against any form of trauma, neglect and abuse.
It is important to 'find a place' – a more positive place."
Most of my childhood was spent regularly being verbally abused in an attempt to do my mum's bidding and being punished if I didn't.
It's hard to comprehend that any parent would knowingly treat their children in such a way that would destroy them mentally. We didn't really have any safe places to escape to as kids, so we had to endure the full brunt of their insanity.
Children like us fell through the cracks way back then, but in this day and age, I would have to hope that they would catch on to our suffering and save us.
It would be great to find a way to create a safe place for others so they don't have to suffer through the things that we did.
Thanks Randy. Yes, my mum used to say 'you don't go to school to learn how to be a parent' and I used to think it was a get out clause, but perhaps parenting skills can be added into the sex and relationship classes in school.
Not a bad idea at all. You're never too early to start. That said, it's important all children come through their childhood unscarred. Where 'a damaged child becomes a broken adult,' it is important parents get their parenting right.
But whatever happens to us in our childhoods, with continued work on ourselves, I believe we can turn certain elements of our lives around.
We must find a place to continue to live our lives successfully.