Looking back at a relationship and seeing years or even decades that feel like a void is one of the most painful experiences a person can face. It is...
When you leave an emotionally abusive relationship, you might think the hardest part is behind you. You made the decision, you got out, and now you can start healing....
Relationships can survive even when things are bad, but what about when things are never good but just functional? Is just functioning together good enough? Can you make it...
How much hurtful, controlling, and manipulative behavior is too much? Is there a breaking point where you have no choice but to make a change because they won’t? When...
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.