Words have enormous power.
They can lift us up or crush us.
They may be no more than utterances from our mouths, but the intention behind them can pack more joy or pain than the most loving touch or the cruelest physical blow.
If your husband is using words as weapons to hurt, shame, or manipulate you, the pain is all the more excruciating.
Unfortunately, verbal abusers tend to attract people susceptible to their insidious and hurtful use of language.
As a caring, loving, and sensitive wife, you may unknowingly be the victim of a verbally abusive spouse.
It may have begun slowly and sparingly, only to devolve into his chronic communication style that makes you question everything.
Let’s examine how your husband’s use of words might be abusive and what you can do about it.
