Have You Struggled with a Complicated Relationship?

Have you ever been in a complicated relationship?  If so, did you tell yourself that the fact that it was a complicated relationship made the whole thing somehow more special? Something worth fighting for? In this article, we need to look at what makes a relationship complicated, together with the effects that those complications have […]

What Makes Valentine’s Day So Toxic?

What kind of a relationship have you had with Valentine’s Day? And what useful information can that provide about your own relationship beliefs but also about the way that our culture views love and romance? That is what we shall be exploring in this culture. 
When I look back at my own life, from the time […]

Emotional abuse is so subtle

“I didn’t realise that it was emotional abuse because it was just so subtle.” is something that a lot of emotional abuse survivors say.  Maybe you have said it yourself.  Some talk about how subtle their partner’s abuse was in the course of a relatively brief  – but damaging -relationship.  Others talk about a partner […]