Verbally abusive relationships defined
A verbally abusive relationship is not just limited to your spouse or partner. It could also extend to siblings, family, friends, employers etc. If someone, anyone whom you’re in romantic or non romantic relationship with calls you names, puts you down, threatens you or is overly criticizing of you, chances are you’re in a verbally abusive relationship. Here are a few common themes or signs of abuse to be aware of:
- It’s difficult to have a conversation without it exploding in swearing and angry name calling.
- Even if conversations don’t end up in angry name calling, there is always an element of degrading adverbs directed at you.
- You’re constantly being critisized.
- Name calling doesn’t necessarily have to be directed at you, it could be directed at others that you care about.
- You get verbally underminded when it comes to things you care about, or your looks or your actions.
This is just a short list of the signs of a verbally abusive relationship.This is not an exclusive list of the signs of abuse. And perhaps you might notice that these are not physical. For a relationship to be distructive, physical damange isn’t the only element. A verbally abusive relationship is equally toxic and could be more dangerous. That’s because, verbal abuse has no evident symptoms, unlike physical abuse. This allows it to sneak quietly into your relationship.
If you believe you’re in wife/husband abuse, make sure to reach out for help as soon as possible.Unless you take action and end this, chances are that it might develop into physical abuse.
Next time we’ll get into the details of the verbally abusive relationship symptoms. Remmember, educating yourself about verbally abusive relationships is the first step to resolving this. The best way to avoid further developments is to take immediate action to resolve this.













