“Stick and stones may break my bones yet words will never hurt me.” Anyone who has been on the end of verbal abuse, especially over a sustained period, will know that this is simply not true.

Even those workplaces, which are secure (i.e. there is no risk to be shot down or beaten down by a colleague or boss), can still be very nasty places to work. Emotional abuse is a common problem and it is very serious.

how I reacted to realizing I was being verbally and emotionally abused.

Carl the Zombie shares his relationship experience about crazy girlfriends.

In today’s day and age the very thought of a woman abusing (abusing/abuses is referred to as either physical or mental abuse or even both) her spouse or significant other is just preposterous to think about and certainly not something one would easily believe. While it does occur far less than men battering women, some women do, in fact, abuse their male partners and most often it is never reported to Police.