Miscellaneous

How do you deal with setbacks?

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 […]

Read More >

“Are You At Risk?”

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.  […]

Read More >

“When he says he’ll change…”

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… […]

Read More >

What are you not seeing?

What are you not seeing? Have you ever had the feeling you must be missing something that was staring you in the face?  
When you think about it, you must have done, mustn’t you? Otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to be so, er …  blind to the shortcomings of an emotionally abusive man.  
We don’t see […]

Read More >

Is This Second Nature To You?

If you’re an emotionally abused woman, it’s become second nature for you to tell yourself you don’t matter.
How could it possibly be otherwise?
Your emotionally abusive partner spent a lot of time teaching you that you don’t matter – to him, and to The World at large. (It baffles me how Mr Nastys everywhere can be […]

Read More >

Is Something Stopping You?

Have you ever felt there was something stopping you?  Something standing in the way of your having the good life you truly deserve?   If you’re like most emotionally abused women you probably feel a lot of obstacles stand in the way of you taking action.
However ground down you become in an emotionally abusive relationship, […]

Read More >

Top 10 Ways to Stay Unhappy, With or Without Him

Make your happiness dependent on his approval.   You’ll be happy when he reaches the top of the personality transplant list/sees the light/ says – and means – the words he’s never going to say and mean.
You put your life on hold.  Well, you can’t have a life until the relationship changes, can you?  Even though […]

Read More >

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-14

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-07 http://t.co/zrBZtCEo #
Check out my latest articles: http://t.co/zKM7HYcy #

Read More >

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-07

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-30 http://t.co/u0S1XNkq #
Maryland Attorney General: Put Angela's rapist on trial http://t.co/FvMGO40y via @change #
How I Became A Weeble http://t.co/X9y2CwkX #

Read More >

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-30

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-23 http://t.co/3DVC1E8D #
Your Life With Emotional Abuse http://t.co/Zqynzebq #
Check out my latest articles: http://t.co/zKM7HYcy #

Read More >

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.

Connect with me on Instagram

Want daily reassurance and inspiration? Sign up to my Instagram account. @dr_anniephd