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Emotional Abuse

When a relationship is not a relationship

  • April 16, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Control, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, 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 as them. When is...
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Don’t lock yourself into a worse situation

  • March 13, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships
When you get into an emotionally abusive relationship, you have no idea what you’re walking into. When you figure it out, you might have to make some tough choices....
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Why abusive people need to maintain power and control over you

  • February 22, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Manipulation, Relationships
Some people just won’t stop being hurtful. Why won’t they stop? Are they just terrible people we have to accept and move on? Power and control is their M.O....
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Those who hurt you have poor coping skills so give them a break… right?

  • February 21, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Anger, Arguments, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting
Hurt people hurt people, so we should have compassion when they hurt us, right? You know the answer, and I know the answer. How does the person who is...
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The gradual shift from who you were to who you became in the emotionally abusive relationship

  • January 31, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
The person you were before the difficult relationship almost always looks and feels different than the person you became while in the difficult relationship. Losing that part of yourself may make...
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The growing resentment that can build when their hurtful behaviors never end

  • January 22, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Relationships, Resentment
When someone keeps hurting you, you might blame yourself and think if you were only better, they’d stop. But as their hurtful behavior continues, resentment builds, and you start...
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Are you the reason someone is hurtful to you?

  • December 13, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, Shame
What is the cause of mistreatment in a relationship? Do you think it’s possible you are the reason someone is hurting you or trying to change you? If so,...
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When someone destroys what makes you happy

  • November 27, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Children, Cruelty, Emotional Abuse, Relationships
What do you do when someone shatters something that brought you joy? It’s important to know your limits in relationships and recognizing when resilience becomes a liability rather than...
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What makes taking a break from the relationship work?

  • November 12, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Jealousy, Relationships
Is there a path out of being stuck in the whirlwind of a toxic relationship? Maybe taking a step back and out of the situation a while will help...
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When you can barely take care of yourself let alone give them what they want

  • October 17, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
What if you’re doing all you can to maintain your own health and well-being, but you have someone in your life who is a consistent drain on your mental...
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