There’s a clever manipulation that can happen in some emotionally abusive relationships. It starts with superficial kindness and vague promises and leads to blameshifting and avoiding true accountability. This...
Dealing with a hurtful person is often hard enough. When your partner has hurtful parents, however, it gets even harder, especially when you thought you had a somewhat good...
The emotionally abusive relationship can be a battle. In fact, it can be a series of battles that wear you down and eventually wear you out. But at what...
How can you respond or react in the most concise, clear and healthy way so that their annoyance or frustration with you doesn’t turn into another toxic event in...
What’s the best course of action when it comes to leaving the emotional abuser? Should you sit them down and have the “the talk”? Or is talking going to...
When a relationship is difficult, it’s helpful to have an established baseline of acceptable behavior. If you don’t know what is acceptable and what isn’t, how can you possibly...
“Am I the abuser?” It’s a question I get a lot. In this article, I’ll share what reactive abuse is and how you can be pushed to the limit...
You’ve tried talking with them, expressing your hurt or unhappiness, but they still don’t seem to want to change their behavior. If you’ve done what you can, what is...
What is one of the most effective forms of emotional abuse? When the abusive person takes everything that empowers you away from you. All your tools and resources become...
The first important point in a growing argument might be the most important one that gets glossed over. When that happens, the person trying to express what they’re feeling...