Subscribe to our newsletter. The incident of domestic violence that we witnessed in the last two articles in our series on A Family in Crisis is typical of the physical abuse that occurs in thousands of homes each day. For many it is a cycle that repeats over and over. It may be physical, as in the case of David and Glenda , but it can also be sexual or emotional.
Abuse takes many forms.
In this case Glenda bought into that line of thinking, and blamed herself for his outburst. He may give gifts to the victim. The abusers usually act like nothing ever happened during this phase of the cycle, and the victim gets the false impression that the abuse is over. Verbal abuse may begin and usually there is a breakdown in communication. During this time the victim feels she needs to keep the abuser calm.