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The empty threats that keep the abuse cycle alive

  • April 30, 2025
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, Vulnerability
When they threaten to leave or take something away from you, but they never follow through, expect them to repeat that behavior indefinitely. Empty threats are effective on those...
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Feeling discarded when they leave the relationship

  • May 23, 2024
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Emotional Abuse, Healing, self-esteem, self-worth, Vulnerability
Why does it seem so easy for some people to leave a relationship, get into another one, and act as if the one they were in didn’t mean anything?...
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When parents get involved in your difficult relationship

  • May 5, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Arguments, Boundaries, Emotional Abuse, Family, Relationships, self-esteem, Vulnerability
Dealing with a hurtful person is often hard enough. When your partner has hurtful parents, however, it gets even harder, especially when you thought you had a somewhat good...
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The huge wall the emotional abuser puts up

  • January 29, 2023
  • Paul Colaianni
  • Control, Emotional Abuse, Relationships, Vulnerability
Why can’t they just change? Why don’t they just stop hurting you? Sometimes they’ve built such a huge wall of protection around themselves that nothing can penetrate it. They...
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