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You are a wonderful person. You are beautiful, compassionate, and peaceful. You are intelligent, responsible, valued, and hardworking. You are honest, faithful, and trustworthy. You are a giver, helping others in need. You are killing someone you love.
We were taught words are just words. We were taught sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will never hurt us. We were also taught to let hurtful words go in one ear and out the other. We were taught wrong.
Verbal abuse is the constant repeated act of name-calling, humiliating, criticizing, interrogation, demeaning, taunting, lying, blaming, and belittling of another person.
For many, the concept of verbal abuse doesn't exist. Again, it's not what we were taught. Words are just words, they don't mean anything. Look at the definition above once again, can you think of any relation? What if I mentioned the words hostage or torture, now can you make a relation? There you go, you see it don't you. These methods are commonly used to psychologically torture hostages and prisoners of war.
Our previous teachings create conflict in the human mind. Many victims of verbal abuse feel self-hate, unworthiness, and hopelessness, but they don't know why. They feel the pain and see the blood, but cannot find the wound. This internal conflict causes many to self-destruct.
Children are greatly affected and many become victims of self-fullfilling prophecy. After being degrated for so long at many times it is inevitable to be anything but a failure. Statistics show many teens begin the use of drugs, alcohol, and self mutilation out of desperation and isolation. They want to belong. It is our human nature to need recognition and acceptance. We need our place within family and society.
Sadly the abuse doesn't stop with one. We are creatures of habit who learn from our earliest years through repetition and mimicking.
We learn what we are taught and seek what we know. Generations can be punished for our choice of words. Psychologically speaking it takes at least six months of consistant behaviour to create a habit which can be broken in six seconds. If you or a loved one have created this habit, stand up, and break the chains, now...Before it's too late.
We wouldn't point a loaded gun at a loved one, nor do we allow our children to play with weapons. Words are capable of causing more pain and damage than any weapon known to man. It's natural to at times have feelings of anger and disappointment. It's okay and even necessary to communicate our feelings, but think before you speak.
Words kill, words give life. They're either poison or fruit, you choose. Proverbs 18:21
