Is throwing things in anger, slamming doors, etc. considered physical abuse?
I’t not physical abuse unless he causes harm to your body. It might be considered mental or emotional abuse if it seems like he is using it to intimidate you. If it always seems like he’s saying, ‘well at least it wasn’t YOU I hit’, or ‘it could be you, so watch it’ or something of that nature, I would take that as abuse. If he just gets mad and punches things or slams and it’s just because he is mad, that would not be considered physical abuse, IMO.
There are many types of abuse: phsyical-some type of bodily contact that is unwanted and hurtful; neglect-where you don’t give something that is needed, i.e. food, changing soiled diapers timely, leaving children alone; mental/emotional – screaming, threating, scaring, terrorizing. Misappropriation of property – taking grandma’s penion check; Sexual abuse – interacting sexually in an unwanted fashion. There can be any combinations of abuse. Slamming doors in and of it self is not really abuse. However, combine that with anger, hurtful words, yelling, cursing or even slamming it while you are in the doorway is definately abuse. If you are feeling threatened or in emotional distress, then you need to seek out assistance or leave.
To act like that out of anger, Dear, that would be considered anger management problems. I know people who behave like that…in school, when it would happen, everyone else would quickly move away from that person and they would have to deal with all sorts of talk about it later; I just never moved from my seat (next to them usually) and unless they needed to talk after or during, I acted like nothing had happened. They always seemed to be thankful that I didn’t react like everyone else did. Not reacting to it often makes the person who is having this “tantrum” think, and thinking does make the outburst ease-up or stop- a lot faster than it would otherwise. -Now, it isn’t considered “physical abuse” unless you hurt yourself or another physically. But! It can be considered emotional or mental abuse if these actions get to the people around the outburst(s). For example: When I get to the house after a good day, I often come in the door to quickly realize that the family is fighting again
