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Abuse and Self Care, Healthy Relationships

10 Aspects of Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse is psychological abuse used to manipulate and control someone. I’ve been a victim of such mistreatment and maybe you have too. Maybe you’ll recognize a relationship one of your friends is in, or your daughter, mother, or sister. Maybe it’s your own relationship. It was mine and now, I want you to get a glimpse of the red flags that might indicate early on that a relationship could turn even more abusive. This list isn’t meant to be exhaustive. Of course, there can be other aspects of emotional abuse not included here. This is my personal experience… Continue Reading

February 22, 2017
Abuse and Self Care, Encouragement, Health

Emotional Abuse and Lifetime Movies

Many of us, especially women, have probably seen at least one Lifetime movie and they’re almost all centered around a single female who’s usually suffered prior emotional abuse in a previous relationship, who meets “Prince Charming” and he turns out to be even worse than the husband she’s recovering from. The stories are often a bit contrived and always predictable, but there is some value in them. There’s truth in the manipulation that occurs in movies of this genre.

It’s been quite awhile since I’ve indulged in a Lifetime movie. They’re hard to watch now. I see myself in them in the corners of the details of these women’s lives. This particular movie “Intimate Stranger”, was about a divorced, single mother who has a very jealous ex-husband. After years of devoting herself to work and her son, she meets a kind, handsome, dashing man who sweeps her off her feet… Continue Reading

July 5, 2015
Abuse and Self Care, Encouragement, Health

Emotional Abuse: Recognize the Early Signs

Last week, I touched on emotional abuse and pointed you to an article for more information. As I mentioned, verbal and emotional abuse are often erroneously categorized as “not real abuse.” Friends, it’s real.  The words are real. The pain from being the target of lies, manipulation, and verbal battering is real. 

It’s usually quite subtle at first. It might be a backhanded comment. You know the kind: “Those jeans don’t make you look too fat” or “at least dinner isn’t burnt this time.” Thanks? You’re left a little confused: was that a compliment or an insult? There’s usually a dig in every comment, a veiled threat or insult. The self doubt starts to set in… Continue Reading

June 29, 2015
Abuse and Self Care, Encouragement, Health

Are You Being Emotionally Abused?

If someone you love–including yourself–is being emotionally abused, you’ll find it mirrored here:

Abuse comes in several forms: emotional, physical, sexual, verbal. Often emotional and verbal abuse get erroneously played down. People sometimes falsely assume that it can’t be “that bad” and isn’t dangerous, but that couldn’t be more wrong. Emotional abuse is dangerous and it’s just as damaging as physical abuse. When I was in an emotionally abusive marriage, the words hurt more than any punch I could have suffered. In fact,

I remember saying at one point “I’d rather you’d just hit me. It’d hurt less.” #domesticviolence #nomore #emotionalabuse

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 I remember saying at one point “I’d rather you’d just hit me. It’d hurt less.” Continue Reading

June 21, 2015