Over 45 years of my now 67...years were spent with an abuser. The reason verbal abuse is so overlooked is that it is so prevalent in society that it is seen as "normal." Look at tv; a barrage of insults and verbal abuse beginning way back with Archie Bunker.

We must first as a society become conscious of it and take steps to stop it! To repeat myself The Verbally Abusive Relationship saved my life and sanity. One Ph.D. stated that it is the "cornerstone of civilization. I agree. Verbal abuse alone can change the brain physically.