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The battles that drain your power

  • December 23, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Control, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Manipulation, Relationships
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...
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What will it take to finally get them to stop?

  • December 7, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Enabling, Manipulation, Relationships
The person that hurts the one they love can do the behavior indefinitely unless someone is there to stop it. Usually, that someone has to be you. Stopping it...
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Bonding with people who traumatize you

  • July 5, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Codependency, Control, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
Becoming dependent on someone can put you at their mercy sometimes. And if they are toxic, you are not only now dependent on them for certain things, but they...
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Can depression be used for manipulation?

  • April 20, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Control, Emotional Abuse, Enabling, Guilt, Manipulation, Relationships
There can be some good excuses for hurtful behavior. With some excuses, it can be hard to differentiate between fact and fiction.  When someone uses their condition or illness...
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The abuser that sneaks their way into your heart and life in order to lock you in to a controlling relationship

  • March 10, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Narcissism, Relationships
Some abusive people know exactly how to lock you into the relationship so tight that you find it near impossible to get out of it. When that happens, the...
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Can you find yourself after they stop the hurtful behavior?

  • March 2, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Crazymaking, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, self-worth
Sometimes the emotional abuse stops. If and when it does, will you know who you are? Do you know where you went? Sometimes we lose ourselves in relationships like...
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The needy and clingy people that become emotionally abusive

  • January 5, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Control, Emotional Abuse, Family, Guilt, Jealousy, Relationships
Needy and clingy people can become obsessive and emotionally abusive. They will find ways to keep tabs on you so that they are always on your mind. They need...
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The type of person that doesn’t deserve a second chance

  • October 22, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Physical Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
How bad does it have to get before you’re convinced that the person you’re dealing with is never, ever going to change? And how much more hurtful behavior has...
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Is there an easy way to help someone understand they are being emotionally abusive?

  • July 11, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Relationships
If you told a “normal” person they were being emotionally abusive, you’d think they’d back off and re-evaluate their behavior. After all, people who care about you don’t want...
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Some people would rather hurt you than be vulnerable with you

  • July 11, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, lying, Manipulation, Relationships
Some people become highly defensive or offensive when they want to hide something from you, or lie to you, or don’t want to be vulnerable with you, because it’s...
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