Taking Revenge Against An Elder Oppressor
I have seen similar situation and also gone through a bit myself. For verbal abuse try answering with good and respectful response first and explain how their abuse is hurtful and not helping with what the other person is trying to achieve. If the person continues, then try a worse verbal response than the other person. Sometimes some people take kindness as weakness. In most of these situations the abused is weaker or dependent on the abuser. If you are financially able to live on your own, the best thing is to get away from the person or situation before something too serious happens. Finally, if other person is physically abusing you and you can’t seek legal help, just hold their hand or body hard or drop them on the ground and hold them for a short while, just to show your power and to show that you are able to defend yourself. If the other person has even a little sense, they would realize your strength and ability to respond and they will hopefully stop using physical abuse. In case someday it becomes a legal or criminal issue, document details of each instance right after the incident and capture date and time in your notes. If you can voice record or video record, it may help too. But recordings sometimes are not admisab in certain states or certain cases.