The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and how to RespondVerbal abuse doesn't leave the same physical evidence as battery, but it can be just as painful, and can actually take longer to recover from. The new edition of this important reference covers the most recent developments in dealing with verbal abuse and answers the questions readers ask most on the subject. |
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Page 100
... hear Dad's voice on the phone you've got to be prepared with your finger on the button ready to hang up . Don't spend any time trying to figure out what he's saying . As soon as you hear the anger , hang up . Then you'll be laughing ...
... hear Dad's voice on the phone you've got to be prepared with your finger on the button ready to hang up . Don't spend any time trying to figure out what he's saying . As soon as you hear the anger , hang up . Then you'll be laughing ...
Page 135
... hear a challenge such as " You can't prove it , " the way to respond is to simply say , " No. " Then disengage . Leave the room . You might take a walk , visit a friend , take yourself to lunch , go to the library , check out the powder ...
... hear a challenge such as " You can't prove it , " the way to respond is to simply say , " No. " Then disengage . Leave the room . You might take a walk , visit a friend , take yourself to lunch , go to the library , check out the powder ...
Page 141
... hear any name calling in this house / around here / anymore ! " If you have been called names , it is very important that you realize that no one ever , for any reason , has a right to call you names . There is no justification for name ...
... hear any name calling in this house / around here / anymore ! " If you have been called names , it is very important that you realize that no one ever , for any reason , has a right to call you names . There is no justification for name ...
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abuser says abuser's reality abusive anger accept accusation and blame Alice Miller anger addict angry awareness Bella Bert boundaries categories of verbal chapter childhood coffee cake communication confusion consequences of verbal Cora countering Curt denial deny described discounted discuss dominance Ernie Ernie never example experience express fear feel hurt felt Following frustrated going happy hear hope hostile ideal image interaction intimacy joke kind lative living in Reality look Luke manipulation mate mate's mean name calling never one's pain partner believes partner may recognize partner's feelings partners of verbal pattern perceptions Personal Power poisonous pedagogy rage Reality II self-esteem realize recognize the abuse recognize verbal abuse rience seems sense set limits share shocked spirit is diminished spirit is nourished spond Stop talk tell things thought told trying to understand uncon upset verbally abusive relationship women wondered wrong yelled