This just came up last night, so I'm still processing it through, but it hit me really strongly:
Self shaming, really negative self talk, listening to that horrible brain gremlin that says I'm stupid, fat, no good, a constant embarrassment (etc ad nauseum....my internal monologue is truly terrible) is verbal abuse.

And because it is in my brain all the time, non stop every day, it is even more damaging and detrimental to myself than verbal abuse from someone else, because I can't escape it, and carry it with me all the time, everywhere I go.

I think we all know that verbal abuse from others is not right and not acceptable. We need to learn that it is not acceptable coming from ourselves and directed at ourselves.