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Verbally abused children more likely to have poor mental health as adults, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2025
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I wonder how much of this overlaps with Sunday sermons. Surely all those "you're going to hell" messages classify as verbal abuse in this case.
I would say absolutely yes. I went to a Pentecostal Baptist church as a child and the hellfire and brimstone messaging was very strong and scary.
The selfloathing and fear is still getting to me after 20 years. Christianity is a death cult and i am happy i got out.
Especially when your dad is delivering the sermons. I've heard.
Thankfully my dad was not a hellfire and brimstone pastor, unlike my uncle, whose kids almost all hate him.
My dad was, my brother followed in his footsteps, and I had two uncles who were pastors, too. Because fuck me, I guess.
Damn, god must've called on a partly line.
As I recall it, my Grandpa said God called him and he didn't pick up. I narrowly missed the "call," too.
Spiritual abuse is the term you're looking for, it's actually separate but overlapping with verbal abuse.