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identify and deal with verbal and emotional abuse by India4usin
AbuseInterrupted  [–]invah 0 points1 point ago  There is a Tamil
thirukural that translates loosely to "A burn because of a fire
will heal but the hurt from a fiery tongue will not"  There is a
lot of truth in this.  Abusers may be your parents, but they are
children. by invahin AbuseInterrupted  [–]invah[S] 2 points3
points ago  Honestly, the only person you have control over is
yourself. Sometimes setting boundaries with people can be a wake
up call, others have written letters or emails (though depending
on what kind of issues the abuser has, this could be a hot mess;
for example, people with narcissistic personality disorder tend
to warp everything and can never take anything that can be
construed as criticism).  The best you can probably do is see if
they can empathize with where you are coming from and understand
your