What type of abuse is most harmful?

Answer 1

The extent of harm is determined by the victim. Some are never able to overcome the simplest abuse and they blame their destructive behavior on it while others can have been maimed physically, sexually, emotionally, and verbally but they survive it and are victorius with a super strength of character. I believe we can either let abuses make us bitter or we become better as a result of overcoming them. So the most harmful abuse is that which we do not overcome.

Answer 2

I would say mental abuse and head games are more harmful than the physical, but both are totally not to be tolerated.

Answer 3

Any kind of abuse leaves a scar so one is no more harmful than the other.

Answer 4

In the real world? Child abuse is my most hated, though I have a long list.

On P&S? I consider it abuse when somebody of obviously limited intelligence answers one of my questions with a 'Huh?' or 'eeew'. Maybe I should start reporting them for not being a proper answer.


I'm kidding.......I don't ever report, it just bugs me! ;-)

Answer 5

Physical abuse heals over time.Emotional abuse will never heal.This stays with you everyday for the rest of your life.

Answer 6

All abuse is bad....and the end results depend on the strength of the victim.

Answer 7

Physical of course up front but let me tell you verbal can hurt for a long time , and then the kind you don't see , where someone you care about doesn't do anything they say and doesn't tell you why .

I cant stand that because it hurts when you think your love is not being returned.

Answer 8

they are all harmful in their own ways it's a toss up between drug/alcohol abuse sexual abuse and domestic abuse

Answer 9

Emotional/mental. That's incredibly hard to overcome. Physical wounds will heal with time, but anything that screws up your mind can last forever.

Answer 10

rape,specially when u are a kid.but no diff if u are woman or even man,its so harmful thats why we used sexual abuse in abu ghraib prison right?