HOW TO DEAL WITH VERBAL ABUSE

How do you deal with verbal abuse?

From my experiences, the best way to deal with verbal mental is to avoid blaming yourself for the situation. Trust your guts and feelings when you feel that someone is verbally abusing you and weigh the benefits of focusing on getting what is best. Have positive thoughts about what you think others say about you and seek relationships with people that value you.

How does verbal abuse affect a person? (effects)

Frequent verbal abuse can impact one overall wellbeing negatively. It can trigger mental conditions such as anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, inadequacy feelings, increased sense of worthlessness, social isolation, chronic stress, intense guilt, shame or hopelessness, problems in trusting people, and drug abuse.

How do you respond when someone is verbally attacking you?

I recommend you stay silent at first and curb your reactions. Listen and interrupt in polite and confident ways as you ask them the reasons for their abusive words. Walkway or ask help from those close to you.

Tips to do

I suggest you seek counseling or therapy, whether individually or with your partner.

Talk to the abuser, pinpoint the exact statements that irritate you, and express how you feel about it.

Set effective boundaries on the things that are not encouraged by the abuser.

Tips not to do when someone is verbally abusing you

Avoid shifting blame onto you for other individuals’ mistakes.

Please don’t fight or respond to their abuses; instead, walk away, especially when things are escalating.

Never ignore your thoughts or instincts and emotions.

What to do if verbal abuse doesn’t stop

I highly advise you to determine the source or kind of verbal abuse and develop strict boundaries to what one should say to you, limit your interactions or exposure to people who are prone to abuse you verbally, and finally, quit the relationship if they can’t end the habit.

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Ieva Kubiliute

Psychologist and a Sex and Relationships Advisor at shopgiejo.com

Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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