Relationships can survive even when things are bad, but what about when things are never good but just functional? Is just functioning together good enough? Can you make it...
How much hurtful, controlling, and manipulative behavior is too much? Is there a breaking point where you have no choice but to make a change because they won’t? When...
Understanding how someone becomes emotionally abusive isn’t about excusing their behavior. It’s about recognizing the patterns that create it so you can see what you’re dealing with. When you...
Sometimes, both people in the relationship are hurtful, controlling, and manipulative. When that’s the case, it’s going to take more than one person stopping the behaviors, and that presents...
They’ve changed! At least, they seem to have changed. They act like a new person, so this must be for real, right? So you take them back! Then, not...
When someone tells you they love you but continues to hurt you, something fundamental breaks down in the relationship. You start questioning everything. You wonder if love is supposed...
You can’t fix what or who is unwilling to be fixed. And when someone would rather you and the relationship suffer and crumble than work on improving themselves, you...
If you feel trapped in a maze of emotional manipulation, hoping for a change that never comes, you might realize you’ve signed up for something you didn’t expect and...
Sometimes, emotionally abusive people heal and change. But sometimes they just… change. Either way, when the victim of their behavior gets a “break”, they might discover a lot of...
I’ve seen emotionally abusive people heal and become completely different people. You wouldn’t even recognize them! And when you no longer recognize the person who’s hurt you over and...