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What makes taking a break from the relationship work?

  • November 12, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Jealousy, Relationships
Is there a path out of being stuck in the whirlwind of a toxic relationship? Maybe taking a step back and out of the situation a while will help...
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When you can barely take care of yourself let alone give them what they want

  • October 17, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
What if you’re doing all you can to maintain your own health and well-being, but you have someone in your life who is a consistent drain on your mental...
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When they shower you with love after they’ve done bad behavior

  • August 23, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Gift bombing, Love Bombing
How can you tell if your partner’s affection is genuine or a manipulation tactic? What if they apologize every time they hurt you… but they don’t stop hurting you?...
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When you decide enough is enough – the first step isn’t the last

  • August 6, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Relationships
The victim of abusive behavior will eventually reach their breaking point. In that moment, they finally feel like they can take their life back. But they may still not...
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What change really looks like when the emotional abuser heals

  • June 9, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, self-worth
The healed former emotional abuser looks a lot different than the person they used to be. If you’ve ever accepted a hurtful person back into your life after they...
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Feeling discarded when they leave the relationship

  • May 23, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, self-esteem, self-worth, Vulnerability
Why does it seem so easy for some people to leave a relationship, get into another one, and act as if the one they were in didn’t mean anything?...
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When the emotional abuser reaches back out after they’ve healed and changed

  • May 17, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Healing
When the emotional abuser apologizes to the person they’ve hurt and tries to make amends, especially after they’ve done a lot of personal growth and development, should they expect...
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Time with yourself is not only necessary, its required

  • April 22, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-worth
You give, you adapt, and you change who you are almost to your very core… to what end? When you are overly compassionate to others, you might actually be...
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Emotionally abusive behavior is also physically painful

  • March 28, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Physical Abuse, Relationships
Victims of emotional abuse can experience physical pain from all the trauma, potentially leading to increased tolerance and resilience to harm. They can gradually lose their identity due to...
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When the good you do for them leads nowhere

  • March 28, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Enabling, Narcissism, Relationships
Some emotionally abusive people don’t change, no matter how much the victim of their hurtful behavior changes for them. Is there ever a point where they will be the...
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