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Is your response to their bad behavior emotional abuse?

  • October 15, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Relationships
After months or years of being emotionally abused, you may find yourself doing behavior that resembles the same type of behavior you’re a victim to. If that’s the case,...
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When someone tarnishes your good name and reputation – The Smear Campaign

  • October 9, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Narcissism, Relationships
The smear campaign is a card often played by narcissists, sociopaths, and other emotional abusers to make you look like the bad guy. If you’re hurt and miserable, they...
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If you leave me, I’ll kill myself – The ultimate abuse of your empathy and compassion

  • September 25, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, deception, Emotional Abuse, Enabling, Guilt, Manipulation, Relationships
Confronting the ultimate manipulation in a relationship, the threat of suicide is a very troubling and often abusive tactic. It’s a scenario that traps an empathetic, caring individual in...
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When you love the emotional abuser so much you won’t leave

  • September 4, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Dating, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
When you are in love with the person mistreating you, is there a way to improve the relationship? Can you make them understand how much they’re hurting you? And...
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Don’t show them how crazy you feel and sharing custody with the emotional abuser

  • August 7, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Children, Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Narcissism, Relationships
Emotional abusers can make you feel crazy. They will convince you you’ve said things you didn’t say, they’ll remind you about conversations you’ve never had, and they may purposefully...
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shocked when they find out what emotional abuse you're going through

Emotional Abuse explained for your friends, family, attorney, therapist or anyone else that may need to know what you’re experiencing

  • August 4, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Crazymaking, deception, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Narcissism, Relationships
Emotional abuse victims have a very difficult time trying to explain what’s happening to them to their friends and family. Often, loving, supportive people may side with the abuser...
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thinking there is no happy future because you're in an emotionally abusive relationship

The toxic relationship alters your view of reality making you think your future is dark

  • July 16, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Crazymaking, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Narcissism, Relationships
When you’re in the thick of a toxic relationship, all you can see is a dark future with no way out. This skewed reality can actually keep you in...
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heal yourself after emotional abuse

You can’t fix emotional abuse, you can only heal yourself and hope they do the same

  • July 10, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
Trying to work as hard as you can to fix things you didn’t break is exhausting and demoralizing. The first step to healing from emotional or narcissistic abuse is...
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How judgment in relationships destroys love and connection

  • June 17, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Narcissism, Relationships
Judgment is the ultimate relationship destroyer. It is the key to creating a rift so wide that the relationship issues might get to the point of unresolvable. Once you...
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Identifying the signs of toxic or manipulative behavior while dating

  • May 29, 2019
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Dating, deception, Emotional Abuse, lying, Relationships
It can be a challenge to see the signs of toxic behavior when you first start dating someone, especially if things seem to be going well. After all, who...
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