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Is an emotional affair okay when you can’t get your needs met?

  • November 14, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Infidelity, Relationships
When you’re in any type of difficult or emotionally abusive relationship, a violation of your relationship boundaries has probably already taken place. After all, you didn’t sign up to...
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Afraid of staying and afraid of leaving

  • November 4, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
When you’ve had enough and you can’t take anymore, but you stay and take more, you end up in an endless cycle of love and abuse. If you’re afraid...
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When the emotionally abusive person leaves the relationship

  • October 10, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
Emotionally abusive people usually drain all of your energy. It’s rare that they leave the relationship because they get their power from taking yours. There can be two or...
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When you want it to be over and they don’t

  • September 24, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Children, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
What happens when you’ve had enough of the bad behavior and want the other person to leave you alone? In a family situation, that might be easier to do...
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Letting hurtful words or threatening comments become the new normal

  • May 19, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Control, Crazymaking, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Guilt, Manipulation, 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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When you feel guilty for leaving an emotionally abusive person

Six reasons you may feel guilty about leaving an emotionally abusive person

  • April 30, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Guilt, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
If you’ve considered leaving an emotionally abusive person but guilt has stopped you from making an exit, make sure that guilt is justified and not implanted or based on...
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Don’t let emotional abuse take your decisions away

  • April 15, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships
Sometimes in an emotionally abusive relationship, you have a big decision to make. That decision may be to leave, or perhaps you want to stand up and honor yourself....
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What is emotional abuse? How do I know when it’s time to leave? And other important questions.

  • March 11, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
Sometimes it helps to know what to look for in your relationship and how a relationship is supposed to look when you just aren’t happy or are dealing with...
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If you’ve tried everything to stop the hurtful behavior, what’s next?

  • November 21, 2020
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Boundaries, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
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...
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Sometimes things need to be perfectly lined up to make the big decisions about the relationship

  • November 4, 2020
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Children, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Healing, Relationships, Shame
There’s a point of either intoleration or breakdown that you sometimes have to reach in order to finally make a decision that you need to make about a toxic...
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