Physical Abuse Physical abuse is fairly easy. If the other person has hit you, choked you, twisted your arm, etc. It's easy to get lost in Oz even in this simpler to diagnose type of abuse. Therefore, in his mind, it was not abuse. For a while, the Non in this relationship may have bought into this crazy definition.
Sleep deprivation is a form of physical abuse.
Many people with BP traits use sleep deprivation to gain a higher level of control over the Non in their lives. Taking advantage of you when you are sick, or not providing basic care when you are ill are also forms of physical abuse common in the lives of Nons who might otherwise think they have not been physically abused. Physical abuse rarely exists independently of verbal and emotional abuse. Verbal Abuse Verbal abuse is also fairly easy to diagnose. If your BPSO has ever raged at you, then you have been verbally assaulted and abused.