Don’t “yes, but…” me. Don’t “yes, but…” yourself. Verbal abuse is verbal abuse! That’s it! You are the victim of a verbal crime, and the verbal criminals need to be out—for life! Out of your life for the rest of their lives!
Many of you will think that this statement is too harsh, but there’s nothing harsh about telling you that you are shortening and diminishing the quality of the most precious gift that has been given to you—your life! I’m telling you this because I really care about you. I care so much that I am willing to dedicate my life to helping people in the same situation you find yourself in. So please open your mind. See and hear what I am trying to tell you. The longer you stay in a verbally abusive relationship, the longer you will feel bad about yourself. You are in a losing battle and you will never win the verbal war.
If you have truly done everything I’ve discussed in this book thus far, using every single verbal defense strategy correctly and following the steps in the book to a “t,” but your results are to no avail, then there are no more “yeah, buts…” to hear.
