Emotional abuse is the opposite of love
When a reader wrote to say; “You are teaching us how to love. Thank you.” I was deeply touched. Back when I started my emotional abuse recovery journey, I could not know that the healing journey is all about learning to love and be loved. At the time, I […]
Abusive men are much more like one another than they are like anyone else. They are not your fault. We do them, and ourselves, no favours at all when we tolerate their bad behaviour. Like spoilt children, indulging them only allows them to become worse. But, as chronological adults, it is for them to take responsibility for their own behaviour; not us. No matter how much they may tell us that their bad behaviour is our fault, that doesn’t make it true.
The relationship with a narcissist or emotional abuser is guaranteed to take you to rock bottom. By the time you decide you can’t take any more, your self-belief has been shattered into tiny pieces. Before you can rebuild, you need someone to believe in. But where do you find that someone to believe in? And what is […]
Why leaving emotionally abusive husbands is hard
When I left my emotionally abusive husband life was hard. Needless to say, he did everything he could to make it hard. Of course, I couldn’t know that. All that I did know – and repeated to myself like a mantra was this, “I can’t be happy because of […]
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