Physical, and Emotional Abuse What's Worse?

A friend of mine asked me if I had to choose between Physical and Emotional abuse which one would be worse.  We both agreed that emotional abuse was worse because it's the kind of abuse that actually affects your self worth, how you feel about yourself, your self-esteem, and the way others perceive you.  When you're in a long term abusive relationship there is nothing worse than feeling like your worth nothing and you start to believe that you deserve to be beaten because there is something wrong with you.  A person that has been emotional abused can take a life time to recover because the victim always feel like its their fault and not the abuser's. What do you think?