Abusive Partners

Effects of Emotional Abuse

The effects of emotional abuse may not be immediately obvious to the naked eye.
The effects of physical domestic violence are easily recognizable.  But the effects of emotional abuse are easily missable; by the victim, but also by friends, family and even health professionals around the victim.
Why is this the case?
Awareness of emotional abuse, and the […]

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How do you know that you need emotional abuse help?

How do you know that you need emotional abuse help?
It’s simple really.

Your confidence and self-esteem are at an all time low.  Your partner is constantly criticizing all your faults, and you feel so bad that you think he is probably right.  But, at the same […]

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Emotional abuse in marriage is not easy for the victim to identify

The way it works is simple enough to see from the outside: one partner criticizes, humiliates, blames, pokes fun at, and finds fault with the other.  The abuser disregards, and disrespects, their partner’s feelings.  The abused partner feels that something is wrong, but also shoulders the blame, and often feels that whatever happens must be […]

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What happens to emotionally abused women in their relationship with an abusive partner?

Emotionally abused women are women who become increasingly hurt, troubled, and confused by the way that their partner behaves towards them.  They don’t understand why they lavish their partner with everything they have to offer – love, consideration, even money – and yet that partner treats them badly.
Emotionally abused women are loving, forgiving, and generous […]

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How can you tell if you are in an emotional abuse relationship?

Most women who are in an emotional abuse relationship have an inkling, or a sense, that things are not as they should be, that their partner’s treatment is not appropriate, or acceptable.  However, they also deeply confused.  They are confused both by what is happening, and by what their partner tells them.  The result is […]

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The 5 Simple Steps to Healing from Narcissistic Abuse

Over the next 5 days, I'll send you some lessons and tips that I've found have really helped women to heal from narcissistic abuse.  Starting with the basics.