The inner cringe at emotional abuse is something that anyone who has ever been in a toxic relationship has done a thousand times. The word “cringe” itself – defined as to: “bend one’s head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner” describes perfectly how an emotional abuser teaches you to respond.
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Why abandonment escapes attention
Emotional abuse and abandonment go hand in hand. Yet abandonment is not something that most people give a great deal of thought.
Why don’t we make that association between emotional abuse and abandonment?
A couple of reasons spring to mind. First, doubtless, because of the understandable, human desire to see things as we want […]
What makes a family not feel like family? When I say family, by the way, I use the blanket term quite deliberately. That family may mean one or both parents, or one or more siblings – even one or more children. Either way, when a family behave as if they are not your family, the […]
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