emotional abuse by Ahem.TOI arti Domestic violence

• Verbal abuse might be open or in hidden form. The open form of abuse can be through angry explosion, name-calling, and threats. Open verbal abuse is generally blaming the other partner and being critical of them. Hidden form of verbal abuse or aggression is done to gain total control over partner's life. Both the situations are confusing to the partner.
• During verbal abuse, the abuser attacks the character and abilities of the partner. This destroys the self-esteem of the victim and they begin to have doubts on their abilities. The victim starts believing that he/she is the problem rather than the partner.
• Verbal abuse can be manipulative and damaging. The abuser voices the negative and critical comments in an extremely sincere and convincing way. The main aim of the abuser is to control the victim's life in all possible ways.
• Verbal abuse is precarious to the self-esteem of the victim. The victims knowingly or subconsciously try to change their behavior so as not to upset the abuser.
• Verbal abuse is erratic and unpredictable. The victim is stunned, traumatized, and terrified by the abusers cynicism, heated digs, critical remarks, and insensitive statements.
• Sometimes the abuser expresses harsh messages between what they speak and what they mean. Like the abuser might sound very genuine and honest in his/her opinions while in reality the abuser is accusing his/her partner of something being wrong with him/her.
• Verbal abuse begins with small digs disguised as jokes and then intensifies as time goes by. Sometimes verbal abuse might escalate into physical abuse beginning with unintentional pushes and bashes( from lifestyle.iloveindia.com)

The various forms of Domestic Violence are as follows:

(a) harms or injures or endangers the health, safety, life, limb or wellbeing, whether mental or physical, of the aggrieved person (woman) or tends to do so and includes causing physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse and economic abuse; or

(b) harasses, harms, injures or endangers the aggrieved person (woman) with a view to coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any unlawful demands for any dowry or other property or valuable security; or

(c ) has the effect of threatening the aggrieved person (woman) or any person related to her by any conduct mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b); or

(d) otherwise injures or causes harm, whether physical or mental, to the aggrieved person (woman).