Is there any long term effects on verbal/psychological abuse on children?

Question by Julius Commodus: Rome est omnipo: Is there any long term effects on verbal/psychological abuse on children?
demeaning the child, humiliating the child, insulting them etc .. on a very regular basis
started when i was around 10 yrs, now im 17. my dad would chase me around the house calling me fat, a whale, ugly, nobody will like me. he insults my intelligence, yells at me all the time for no reason ..

Best answer:

Answer by void
Certainly.Insult or abuse – hurt – leads to either revenge or depression

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