Males and females can be abused and abusers. Women and men can be verbal abusers. Sandy has no right to do that. Sometimes I think Natalie is tearing me apart with her mouth. When Pat talks to me like that I feel really small.
All abuse takes a toll on self-esteem.
The abused person starts feeling helpless and possibly even hopeless. Somehow, the victim is responsible for what happened. That sounds so sweet, yet it is both a disguised criticism and a threat. You and the kids will never find me and never get a penny from me. All abuse takes a toll on self-esteem.