“How could he do that? Will he ever change?” D. asked anxiously about her emotionally abusive partner. She’d reached the end of the line with him, she said. Like a lot of emotionally abused women, she really wanted to let go, be, be free, and move on. But she couldn’t leave her emotionally abusive relationship […]
Two clients, that I spoke with yesterday, in the space of two hours, 5000 miles and 20 years apart – what did they have in common? They were both emotionally abused women struggling with the same problem: how to stop feeling so tortured and get their lives back.
Both are amazing, talented women who have totally […]
Have you ever felt humiliated by an emotionally abusive partner? An emotionally abusive relationship really is the high road to never ending humiliation, isn’t it? And humiliation has a toxic effect on the way you feel about yourself.
An emotionally abusive relationship is the high road to ongoing, endless humiliation TWEET THIS
Mostly, you struggle with the humiliation […]
For readers outside the UK, it may be perfectly possible not to know who Charles Saatchi is. But emotionally abused women everywhere have cause to be thankful to him.
Not because he has made a stand against domestic violence.
Anything but.
Charles Saatchi has given the world an appalling display of domestic violence. TWEET THIS
As one of the […]
“I don’t feel emotionally destroyed or damaged by having an emotionally abusive relationship” wrote D. this week.
That’s quite exceptional.
An emotionally abusive parttner doesn’t choose you for your sweet self. He doesn’t think: “I want to be beside this person, to love, nurture, and support her growth.” He’s looking for someone he can control, and possess. […]
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. […]
How do you spot an emotionally abusive man? Most likely, when an emotionally abusive man first comes a-wooing, he won’t be carrying his: “Aren’t I amazing? I’m an emotionally abusive man” placard. So, how do you identify him before you get hurt?!
1) Lack of respect. Not all emotionally abusive men will show you a […]
“Dear Annie,
How do I know for sure if my emotionally abusive partner is not just behaving like a typical man who gets defensive and shuts down when he hurts me because he wants to be my hero but feels disappointed that he failed so he lashes out? I get newsletters that say: “Is your man being […]
Today, we’re going to take a look at your emotionally abusive partner’s emotional range – which means this may well not be a very long article:-)
When you first met your Mr Nasty he may well have given the impression of being in touch with his feminine side. Now, this could have been a ploy to […]
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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