I agree with you elliemay 100% on that. We are dealing with shades of badness.
Abuse comes dressed in many forms. All the forms of abuse are evil, to pre-meditate abuse is sick. Even mindless abuse is a soldier of a devil.
Psychological abuse is torture for myself though.
As a kid I remember the song that went - 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me'. What a stupid little song.
I have scars from abuse from being a child. They are now nothing more than white scar tissue. The scars that are taking most working on to heal are the psych scars.
Names did (and do) hurt me.
|