Verbal abuse ‘as damaging as violence’

Verbal abuse can “slowly deaden someone from the inside out” and be just as destructive as physical abuse, domestic abuse campaigners have warned.

Verbal abuse  ‘as damaging as violence’

To coincide with St Valentine’s Day, Sonas Housing and Meath Women’s Refuge have launched a domestic violence awareness poster campaign to highlight the impact of verbal abuse.

The Killing Me Softly With His Words campaign raises awareness of verbal abuse, which entails name-calling, insults, humiliation, intimidation, threatening comments and mind-games.

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