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When you think you’re strong enough to get back into the difficult relationship

  • February 28, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
When you reach your breaking point with someone, you might make the decision to leave. During that time, you can regain your confidence and feel your power again. You...
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When they go silent and emotionally disconnect from you

  • December 6, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, Relationships, self-worth
When the emotionally abusive person goes silent in order to make you feel guilty and give them the attention they want, do they have a deeper motive of self-preservation?...
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Why they don’t stop hurting you when they see you hurting

  • July 1, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
Why do people who claim to care about us hurt us when they see that we’re suffering? Shouldn’t our suffering be enough for them to stop the behaviors? It’s...
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Can you find yourself after they stop the hurtful behavior?

  • March 2, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Crazymaking, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Forgiveness, self-worth
Sometimes the emotional abuse stops. If and when it does, will you know who you are? Do you know where you went? Sometimes we lose ourselves in relationships like...
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The thoughts and beliefs that allow toxic behavior to seep into your relationship

  • January 24, 2022
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, deception, Emotional Abuse, Enabling, Minimizing, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
You are not to blame for getting into a toxic relationship. It is not your fault. However, there is a way you process bad behavior that may be working...
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The type of person that doesn’t deserve a second chance

  • October 22, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Control, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Physical Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
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...
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Who are you when you’re not in a toxic relationship?

  • July 30, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Codependency, Emotional Abuse, Guilt, Manipulation, Narcissism, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
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...
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When you feel guilty for leaving an emotionally abusive person

Six reasons you may feel guilty about leaving an emotionally abusive person

  • April 30, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Guilt, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
If you’ve considered leaving an emotionally abusive person but guilt has stopped you from making an exit, make sure that guilt is justified and not implanted or based on...
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The slow disintegration of the deepest part of who you are

  • January 10, 2021
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth, Shame
Emotional abuse has an insidious way of disintegrating the very core of who you are. It’s a process that can turn you into a shell of your former self....
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You have to protect the most important person in your world from hurtful behavior

  • December 10, 2020
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, self-esteem, self-worth
The very core of who you are is what can get compromised when you are in an emotionally abusive relationship. That’s why many victims of emotional abuse say that...
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