So Confused????

Since I've talked with Mrs.Savido so says that I have a really big topic and i need to figure out how im going to break different issues up. Im confused about my topic now because i found out that domestic violence is broken down into many different issuses in abuse. What I'm having trouble with is finding foundation question to my essential question which is Is there a difference between verbal and physical abuse. I feel like i need to change my essentail question to somethin that both adults and teens can understand like, How is teen abuse different from adult abuse, or How has teen abuse changed over the years.