Dreaming about abused verbally

to be abused is a symbol for emotional hurt while it can reflect a literal past occurrence of abuse, more frequently it reflects feelings of abuse in waking life, a symbolic representation of the “abusive” relationship if you are abused verbally in a dream, do you know the abuser? if so, your dream reveals painful discord in that relationship if the abuser is unclear, the age and gender, as well as the location in the dream provide important clues it can reflect a literal past occurrence of abuse, but more frequently it is a symbol for emotional hurt experienced by you or the victim of the abuser