Verbal abuse is a form of emotional mistreatment that can leave deep scars, often going unnoticed because it doesn’t leave physical marks. It’s crucial to recognize why people tolerate verbal abuse, ...

Verbal abuse is a way of attacking or negatively defining another person using words—or silence—as a weapon. It can take a variety of forms ranging from loud rants to passive-aggressive remarks.

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

Most of us are aware of overt and explicit cases of verbal abuse. After a relaxing dinner at your local Italian restaurant, you hear a middle-aged man in the parking lot yell at his female middle-aged ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

While it's true that words don't leave a physical mark on the body the way physical abuse does, the things we say can absolutely be weaponized to cause real and measurable harm to others. "The effects ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Cruel words can leave a mark on a child and may have as much impact when they’re older as physical abuse. A study published in the medical journal BMJ Open found adults who ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- We all know words can hurt, but a new study shows that cruel words may have as much of an impact as physical abuse. Adults who experienced physical abuse as a child are at a ...

When Peterson first rose to prominence, it was for daring to say something utterly basic but revolutionary in our current moment: men are not toxic by default. His message wasn’t about domination or ...