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...
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...
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...
What happens when the hurtful behavior stops and you are free to be yourself? Does the relationship now go back to normal like nothing ever happened? It can, but...
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...
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...
Emotional abuse in any relationship is made up of numerous behaviors, many of which can be quite hard to detect. When you’re trying to pinpoint the exact behaviors causing...
Every wonderful aspect of you can diminish when you are with a toxic person. They find ways to convince you that you are unworthy and unlovable so that you...
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...
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...