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Do I accept that this is how theyll be forever

  • February 11, 2026
  • Boundaries, Codependency, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships
Some behaviors are unacceptable. Some people are unacceptable. But what should you accept and what should you do when you can’t accept? Emotional abuse has a tendency to make...
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When its impossible to get away from all the toxic behavior

  • February 2, 2026
  • Boundaries, Control, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Narcissism, Resentment
Some relationships end, but continue leaving destruction in their wake. Some don’t end, and you suffer through the daily drip-feeding of emotionally abusive behaviors until you lose your sanity....
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Total defeat and burnout in the emotionally abusive relationship

  • January 10, 2026
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Love Bombing, Manipulation, Podcast Episode
Every relationship should have stopping points when you feel yourself slipping away. Emotional abuse operates as a slow drip-feeding of toxic behaviors that gradually erode boundaries.
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Ive stopped being abusive, let’s have sex

  • December 4, 2025
  • Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships
Some emotionally abusive people do heal. And once they do, they might feel the relationship will be great from that point on. What they don’t consider is that the...
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Breaking the trauma bond can be hard as hell

  • October 23, 2025
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth, Trauma bond
The trauma bond can be one of the most difficult “bonds” to break. If you find yourself obsessively attached to someone who hurts you, please read this article. Your...
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Can you heal from severe abuse while still in a severely abusive situation?

  • October 23, 2025
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Jealousy, Physical Abuse, Podcast Episode, self-worth, Trauma bond
Some people will deflect blame and make you feel like you’re the problem, not them. In this article, I talk about a heart-wrenching story from a listener whose partner’s...
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Why you may not be ready to call it abuse when it is abuse

  • September 24, 2025
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships
The emotionally abusive relationship can sometimes be hard to define. How long must abusive behavior go on before one actually admits that what’s really happening is abuse? 
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Do you end the relationship because they won’t?

  • September 24, 2025
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships
How do you know when it’s time to instigate a split? If your partner’s behavior leaves you feeling oppressed and defeated, and they refuse to change, and they also...
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The language patterns of the abusive person

  • August 21, 2025
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships
The way someone talks about their relationship reveals a lot. Abuse victims and perpetrators each have their own language patterns. Knowing these language patterns will help you understand which...
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Can you ever go back to who you were?

  • August 2, 2025
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Healing, Podcast Episode, Relationships
In abusive relationships, it might be difficult or even impossible to discern which parts of yourself are truly you and which are shaped by the abuse. What does it...
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