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Gaslighting

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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A clever manipulation tactic that makes you believe you are the problem

  • March 2, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Control, Crazymaking, deception, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, lying, Manipulation
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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If you don’t know your limits, you wont have any

  • January 14, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships
It can be hard to draw a line in a toxic relationship. Don’t make your emotional resilience a prison of your own making. Your personal boundaries are there for...
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Their past trauma and abuse isn’t the immediate issue in the relationship

  • November 6, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting
The emotionally abusive person can have a traumatic past. Their abusive behaviors can have an abusive origin. Is it better to help the abusive person address their past to...
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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
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, 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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Avoid getting trapped into an emotional prison from which you can’t escape

  • August 6, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Control, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships
The cycle of high ups and deep downs in a relationship is like being trapped in an emotional prison. There are moments of freedom and happiness, followed by a...
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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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Subtle abusive behavior is meant to hurt you in a very specific way

  • September 17, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Dating, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships
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...
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How many times does someone have to hurt you before you decide enough is enough?

  • June 11, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Guilt, lying, Manipulation
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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