Verbal abuse
Verbal Abuse When most people hear the word "pain", they automatically assume that it is physical pain that is being dealt. Yet most of the pain in the world is emotional, which is caused mainly by just a few words arranged in such a way that it will actually send a bolt of emotional distress straight through that individuals' heart and soul. Everyone has experienced this whether they were the victim, the attacker, or just a witness, if not all three. I know that I myself have been in all three positions. Being the victim is probably the hardest position to be in when it comes to hurtful words. You can either take in all those painful words, or you can take the risk of attacking your attacker, possibly resulting in twice as many (if not more) hurtful words. This has happened to me more times than I can even recall. The most recent example of this sort of situation happened between my good friend and I over a glass of water. While she was up I asked her if she could get me a glass of water because I had been busy at the time. When she told me "No! Do it yourself, I'm not your maid!" I got offended that my own "friend" couldn't do a small favor like that for me. I confronted her about her rude,
For some it may be, these would be the "egotistical" types, who generally receive pride and joy for pointing out other peoples' faults in which they themselves do not have. Of course I realized what I had done when he began attacking me back. When I was twelve years old, I was verbally attacked on the school bus by a seventh grader. There is no positive aspect of verbal abuse. For the kind-hearted types though, they tend to feel guilt for their attack on some one. Most people usually just feel bad for not standing up for the victim, only because they believe that they should not get involved, and its better for only one person being attacked than two. For no reason at all, this boy, everyday would attack me for being "fat". There was nothing I could do but apologize, and feel horrible. I have been in this position many times, where I didn't end up doing something for that poor victim. When you're the witness, you can either just plain-out feel sorry for that person being attacked, and dwell on it, you could feel bad for not doing anything, such as sticking up for them, or you could stick up for them, and get verbally abused yourself. Digging a pit into my chest, deeper and deeper everyday that I could not climb out of, and sometimes, still can't. No matter what position you hold when there is verbal abuse, there is potential for not only you to feel pain, but any other person who may just happen to be around. Although being the victim is probably the worst position, being the attacker isn't exactly the best to be in either. The most I could say back was "Shut up!" I can still remember getting home and hiding in my bedroom, crying for hours upon hours, and all that pain, depression, and suffering that still sometimes strikes me, is from only one word. It is just about even when comparing the consequences.
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