You can’t fix what or who is unwilling to be fixed. And when someone would rather you and the relationship suffer and crumble than work on improving themselves, you...
I’ve seen emotionally abusive people heal and become completely different people. You wouldn’t even recognize them! And when you no longer recognize the person who’s hurt you over and...
When you’ve decided to leave the emotionally abusive relationship, when is divorce put on the table for discussion? Should you bring it up during a heated argument when emotions...
Some behaviors are unacceptable. Some people are unacceptable. But what should you accept and what should you do when you can’t accept? Emotional abuse has a tendency to make...
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....
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.
In abusive relationships, it might be difficult or even impossible to discern which parts of yourself are truly you and which are shaped by the abuse. What does it...
What does it take for an abusive person to change? A whole lot (if they even want to change), but their consistent focus on you can make their healing...
The one-off difficulties in relationships are perfectly normal for everyone. We all have them. They’re not welcome, necessarily, but normal. But what happens when the “one-offs” become systemic? What...
When you get into an emotionally abusive relationship, you have no idea what you’re walking into. When you figure it out, though, you might have to make some tough...