a lot of things can hurt us in many different ways words actions gestures can all take the form of abuse and may leave an everlasting impact on a persons life while some learn to let go some bury it deep in their hearts others may go on to forgive but one thing thats impossible to do is to forget no matter how moved on in life you are a small part of you will always bear the ill effects of the trauma and abuseall traumatic experiences are different but in no way can we measure or tell which is greater or what may have left a severe impact on a person abuse in all its forms can be serious and tolltaking rising above it and healing from it can be more difficult than the experience itself that said let us first understand the many different types of abuse that can affect us directly or indirectlydifferent types of abusethere are many different types of abuse that we may or may not be aware of while some are evident there are those that are hidden behind words and silent gestures to help you get a better understanding of it all here are the types of abuse you should know about physical abuse this type of abuse is the most easy to identify and to many it is also the first thing that comes to mind when a person hears the word abuse physical abuse therefore can be in the form of hitting slapping punching kicking strangling or more sexual abuse sexual abuse can be both a form of physical and nonphysical abuse it is when a person is forced into a sexual activity or is subject to sexual slurs or when sex is used as a weapon to make the victim comply emotional abuse emotional or verbal abuse are nonphysical they may not leave a physical scar but may take a lot of time to heal psychological abuse mental abuse is when a persons actions or words take a toll on another persons psychological being financial abuse abuse is all about power and control and in todays world money is a way to maintain ones dominance over others that said financial abuse is when a person tries to take over all the finances and budget planning in a relationship cultural abuse identity is a very crucial aspect of a persons being so if a persons identity for instance their race sex gender caste creed religion or ethnicity is targeted it can be a form of cultural abusekeeping in consideration all these types of abuses let us delve into an abuse that is the most difficult to detect and heal fromwhy is emotional abuse the most difficult to deal withany form of abuse that inflicts pain suffering deprives one of his or her trust in people can be hard to deal with and heal from however emotional abuse is the one kind that can slowly and steadily empty ones soul and