Is Physical abuse more tortorous than emotional ab - Page 4

In some families people love each other but they are out of control when angry and physically hurt each other but forget later. In tjis case it is purely physical abuse.

Anandi's problems were miniscule compared to what Ganga went thru. Her main abuser was Ds. But she received nothing but love from her inlaws and J ( until he was infatuated with G). Anadi's problem is faced by many women. The fact that she got emotionally affected was because she received a lot of love and one fine day the husband left.In ganga's case she could not even know what love was. She lived only in fear and misery.

As far as emotional or physical abuse is concerned i think physical pain can b forgotten after few days but the mark, the scar that it leaves to the heart is more painful. I think emotional abuse is more torturous than the physical abuse. I agree that both are painful but emotional abuse stays in heart for a longer time than the physical abuse, in fact it stays with us till our last breath, though we try to forget it we cant forget it, we might try not to show it to our loved ones and suppress it within ourselves...

Though emotional abuse can occur without physical abuse, physical abuse is always accompanied by emotional abuse...Emotional abuse is often hard to spot or define because it often does not leave physical evidence. This fact can leave the victim feeling as if he or she is not really being abused, when in fact they are. Society often does not recognize this type of abuse as serious since its parameters are not well defined and the evidence of the abuse if often unseen...The extent of the abuse may vary. the other type of abuse is sexual abuse and it is not only physically damaging but can have long term emotional repercussions. Physical abuse in the form of violent acts can lead the victim to live their life as a victim instead of a survivor or it can lead them to use violence themselves as an answer to disputes.

Definitely think both are tortuous. Actually when it is emotional torture the scars go deep into one's psyche. I have a friend who is pursuing her master's in psychology and she was telling me about how when someone who you have an emotional connect with betrays you, it is MUCH harder to come out of because it messes you up in such a manner that changes your thinking, your POV on life.

I know people are mentioning that her in-laws did become supportive and help her, but it still doesn't change the fact that she was made to do a lot of household work, tend to DS at all times, and burn her books. Or the very fact that her then husband/best friend belittled and devalued her as a village simpleton. Yes she has overcome most of it...but we still see that she continues to be haunted by her past when she is not able to be physically intimate with her husband.