Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

Suffered from verbal for almost 10 years. Not fun stuff. Almost ruined my life.

Nah fam.

I'll disagree. Physical abuse absolutely reshapes personality through altering behavior via operant conditioning and also causing mental trauma even without permanent physical damage.

I would have given this comment of yours half a heart, had it been possible.

Physical abuse is also psychological abuse (has strong psychological component). The reverse is not true.

The fact that Jesse has to ask. Is worrisome. What's worse, cowering because you know your about to be hit. Or cowering because they raised their hand, in a way that may or may not result in being hit. That's how we train our dogs. No human should be ever put through that.

So words are violence?

I can attest to that.

They are both damaging, and doubt anything is to be gained by comparing how.

You don’t think physical violence also leaves personality damage?

There is a degree of everything. This shouldn't be a contest on who gets hurt the most. Still physical damage is easier fixed than psycological damage for the most part.

I'm skeptical that physical abuse can not reshape personality as well.

Spanking works. Shame, indifference, abandonment, solitary punishment does much damage to a child.

The lies and the twisted reasoning that come with the physical beating is so much far far worse.

In Iceland the Vikings considered "words" as damaging (or more so) as actual physical assualt. Leftist words have destroyed America.

'They do say Mrs Miggins, that insults hurt worse than physical pain. They are of course wrong, as you will soon discover when I stick this fork in your head...' Blackadder the third.

Is there proof of this? As a creature built to survive i can only think that physical harm would have more profound effects on a person than verbal.