Words Can Absolutely Hurt You
Words Can Absolutely Hurt You There is an old saying “Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me” that song is not true and it was obviously made up by someone who was never verbally abused. Words can cut you to the bone just as surely as if you were cut with a knife. The scars from the abuse will last a lot longer than the scars from an actual beating. They will scar your heart and haunt your mind for years. Even when you think you have moved on, and changed your life, something will bring you right back to that moment. You will remember their words as clearly as if they said them to you yesterday. You will second guess yourself, and eventually you will start believing all they have said to you and about you. Sometimes their words will haunt you forever. “You are stupid” “You can't make it without me” “You can't do anything right” “Why do you always twist my words around, its because of you I act this way” “I was just kidding, cant you ta...
