Mimi wrote:
I was physically and mentally abused by my mothers' partner - obviously both forms of abuse come in varying degrees, but it was always the mental abuse that was the most lasting - bruises and other things healed and were something tangible for me to hate him for, something I could show another person and say 'look what this person did to me', but no-one can relate to the mental abuse of threats, the things said to and about you that bury deep into your psyche and torture you even when you are far away from that person. The times he beat and hurt me hurt at the time, but I cannot feel them now, but the things he said and the way that he made me an outcast in my family and made me run away still hurt me now and still have their consequences until today.
Indeed, and sorry to hear that, Mims. I didn't intend to say mental abuse is easier to deal with than the physical; I've never been mentally scarred or abused, so couldn't possibly judge.
It is easy, however, to make non-serious posts wishing physical pain away with verbal abuse in its stead.