Verbal Abuse
             When most people hear the word "pain", they automatically assume that it is physical pain that is being dealt. Yet most of the pain in the world is emotional, which is caused mainly by just a few words arranged in such a way that it will actually send a bolt of emotional distress straight through that individuals' heart and soul. Everyone has experienced this whether they were the victim, the attacker, or just a witness, if not all three. I know that I myself have been in all three positions.
             Being the victim is probably the hardest position to be in when it comes to hurtful words. You can either take in all those painful words, or you can take the risk of attacking your attacker, possibly resulting in twice as many (if not more) hurtful words. This has happened to me more times than I can even recall. The most recent example of this sort of situation happened between my good friend and I over a glass of water. While she was up I asked her if she could get me a glass of water because I had been busy at the time. When she told me "No! Do it yourself, I'm not your maid!" I got offended that my own "friend" couldn't do a small favor like that for me. I confronted her about her rude, selfish actions, and we soon began exchanging words that only grew more and more harsh as they came out of our mouths.
             It is generally human nature to either fight back or run away while being attacked. I can also think of an example when instead of fighting back, I basically ran away. When I was twelve years old, I was verbally attacked on the school bus by a seventh grader. For no reason at all, this boy, everyday would attack me for being "fat". Digging a pit into my chest, deeper and deeper everyday that I could not climb out of, and sometimes, still can't. I couldn't attack him back because of that pit. The most I could say back was &quo
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