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Don’t gaslight yourself into thinking you’re the abuser

  • December 22, 2025
  • Crazymaking, deception, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Podcast Episode
The emotionally abusive relationship is confusing and draining. If you don’t get a grip on what’s going on, you may start to believe perhaps you are the problem and...
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The breadcrumbing of relationships’ past

  • August 21, 2025
  • breadcrumbing, Codependency, Crazymaking, Dating, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, influence, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
Breadcrumbing can be a manipulative way to keep someone in your mind so that you can’t fully move forward, keeping you as a pawn in another person’s game. In...
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When a relationship is not a relationship

  • April 16, 2025
  • Arguments, Control, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Podcast Episode, Relationships
“Everything’s great with me,” they say, as you sit there staring, confused, wondering what the hell you’re missing because you’re having a completely different experience from them. When is...
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A clever manipulation tactic that makes you believe you are the problem

  • March 2, 2024
  • Arguments, Control, Crazymaking, deception, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, lying, Manipulation, Podcast Episode
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...
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How you describe the challenges in your relationship to others can reveal if you're being emotionally abused

  • September 7, 2023
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Podcast Episode, Relationships
The language you use to describe your relationship and how you’re getting along with the other person says a lot. If you’ve ever wondered if you are the hurtful...
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Religious Abuse: When they use your beliefs and faith against you

  • March 31, 2023
  • Control, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Religious Abuse, Shame
Your religious or spiritual beliefs are supposed to help uplift and inspire you, not make you feel oppressed and exhausted. Religious abuse happens when people who claim to love...
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Can you find yourself after they stop the hurtful behavior?

  • March 2, 2022
  • Control, Crazymaking, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Podcast Episode, 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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How many times does someone have to hurt you before you decide enough is enough?

  • June 11, 2021
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Guilt, lying, Manipulation, Podcast Episode
There’s a point when there has been enough abusive behavior where you decide you’re no longer going to stand for it and it’s time to take the next right...
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Letting hurtful words or threatening comments become the new normal

  • May 19, 2021
  • Codependency, Control, Crazymaking, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Guilt, Manipulation, Podcast Episode, Relationships
When you’re around those who always put you down with hurtful words or threats that they’ll never talk to you again, but they never follow through with it, it...
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Is it reactive abuse or a normal response to emotionally abusive behavior?

  • March 18, 2021
  • Anger, Arguments, Boundaries, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Podcast Episode
“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...
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