One thing my emotionally abusive husband used to say about me that wasn’t wrong was that I can be a bit of a mother hen. I was born with the Mother Hen gene. These days I can, and do, rein it in, well enough. However…
When I first met Olga that Mother Hen gene was instantly […]
If, for whatever reason, you don’t feel able to take on board a sad story, that’s okay. Just stop reading here. Because today I need to tell you the sad story of Sabrina S.
I’m guessing Sabrina would be happy for me to share her story with you. Unfortunately, I can’t ask her, because I’ve just […]
How bad does it have to get, before you finally give up on an emotionally abusive relationship?
Many emotionally abused women do everything they can to stay in denial until they know they are at rock bottom. But rock bottom is a moving target. When you’re with an emotionally abusive partner, just when you think you must have […]
How will you do happiness in 2014?
Now, I understand that you may have a lot of carking cares weighing you down, a lot of fears about the future, regrets about the past, and pressures in the present. Which may mean you don’t feel you even have the time, or the energy, to step back and […]
If you’re an emotionally abused woman, what’s happened to your dreams?
Were you someone who used to dream – before your emotionally abusive partner came along and shattered your dreams? Or were you – like me – someone who learned early on that dreams, and aspirations, weren’t ‘for the likes of you’?
My path as a wife, […]
If you’ve ever been in an emotionally abusive relationship, there’s one thing, above all, that you should have learned: you’re not naturally good at handling emotionally abusive people. You’re not good at dealing with an emotionally abusive husband.
Now, I quite understand if that seems a little hard to swallow: if anyone had said that to […]
How do you start over after an emotionally abusive relationship when you don’t know how to start over? How do you find the courage to leave an emotionally abusive husband when you’re too frightened to leave, due to fear, guilt, or shame? How do you get over the hurt that, as an emotionally abused woman, […]
How do you deal with setbacks?
Having a relationship with an emotionally abusive man means that you’ve had plenty of setbacks to deal with: including rejection, humiliation, criticism, blame, accusation, being made to feel worthless and unlovable, and much more besides. But what I want you to focus on specifically is: how do you deal with […]
Is safety an issue for you? Do you feel safe? Or, do you often feel at risk – emotionally, financially, and/or physically?
If you’ve ever been in an emotionally abusive relationship, let me reassure you: feeling at risk is a normal response to an abnormal situation.
Your emotionally abusive partner has trained you to feel at risk. […]
When an emotionally abusive man says he’ll change, what does it mean?
Two things: it means that he realizes he’s gone too far, this time, and he wants to reel his emotionally abused partner back in.
And it means that an emotionally abused woman is teetering on the brink of calling time on the relationship. She’s teetering… […]
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