5 Reasons Why Verbal Abuse is Not Your Fault
There were many times when there was a voice inside of me wondering if it was my fault that my boyfriend verbally abused me. This, despite the fact that I knew it shouldn’t be happening. Sometimes the voice was just a whisper in the back of my mind. Sometimes it was an all-consuming shame melody playing on an endless loop in my tired brain. Sometimes it was just a simple “you should” sentence that slid its way into my thoughts as the look on someone else’s face reflected back to me what they were thinking when there was an “incident.” Why Victims Blame...