<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Cruel language can wound without being treated as... > Cruel language can wound without being treated as a mystical curse. Repeated humiliation, threat, and contempt can condition vigilance, distort self-concept, and make a relationship physiologically expensive to inhabit. **Source:** [[livestreams/Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop - Workbook|Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Cruel language can wound without being treated as a mystical curse. Repeated humiliation, threat, and contempt can condition vigilance, distort self-concept, and make a relationship physiologically expensive to inhabit.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-cruel-language-wound-physiologically-expensive-inhabit ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->