&quot;Steve Jobs never raised a hand against his wife. But, he did treat subordinates very callously.&quot;<p>Part of it might be simply that people don&#x27;t recognize mental pain as being as bad as physical pain. [1] The truth is mental pain can last a great deal longer and have much greater impact than physical pain but that is often not the way the world sees things.<p>[1] Not that getting hit by a spouse doeesn&#x27;t cause mental pain of course.