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Love and Abuse – Manipulation and Emotional Abuse in Relationships

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Some relationships end, but continue leaving destruction in their wake. Some don’t end, and you suffer through the daily drip-feeding of emotionally abusive behaviors until you lose your sanity.

When there’s no way away from all the toxicity, what can you do?

Some relationship challenges feel insurmountable:

Maybe the relationship e...


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Calling a duck a duck makes sense. But this logic works against you in an emotionally abusive relationship.

Calling out an abusive person for who they are might just turn the whole thing around on you.

When you’re dealing with a hurtful or controlling person in a relationship, you might decide to work up the courage to call them out, telling them ...


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Every relationship should have stopping points when you feel yourself slipping away. Emotional abuse operates as a slow drip-feeding of toxic behaviors that gradually erode boundaries.

You’re not stupid. You’re not going crazy. You’re sensing something is wrong, and that instinct deserves your attention.

If you’ve been trying to figure out what y...


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The endless monologue of some emotionally abusive people is a tactic that keeps you silent and submissive. It’s designed to wear you down until you finally give in.

When I recorded this episode for this article, it was the night before New Year’s Eve, so I mentioned how the new year is supposed to bring happiness, harmony, success, and prosperity.

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The emotionally abusive relationship is confusing and draining. If you don’t get a grip on what’s going on, you may start to believe perhaps you are the problem and they are a saint.

This kind of faulty thinking comes up a lot in my work with people in difficult relationships. It’s such a common experience for those who’ve been the vic...


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