“You gave me hope”

“You gave me hope”
“You gave me hope,” Rhona said, “and that changed everything.”
Even by the standards of emotionally abusive relationships, Rhona has had it uber-tough.
She’s over 60, her husband is physically and emotionally abusive. He’s always controlled the ‘family’ purse-strings. He has a disease process going on which means he is wheel-chair-bound, and doubly incontinent. […]

Do Emotionally Abused Women ‘Lack Bandwidth?’

Is it possible you lack bandwidth?
Maybe you’ve never thought about yourself in terms of bandwidth before.  Or maybe, as an emotionally abused woman, you’ve got too much going on to worry about anything as rarefied as bandwidth.
Actually, that’s just my point.
When you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship, it feels as if you have more demands […]

You Wouldn’t Catch An Emotionally Abusive Partner Doing This!

I was speaking with a lovely lady in Australia about emotionally abusive partners, when she said: “Annie I love it when you write about how a good partner behaves. I wish you’d write more about it.”
One reason I often don’t is this: my lovely partner is as modest as he is delightful. He actually feels […]