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Abuse and Self Care, Encouragement, Health

Abusive Relationships: No Shame and Misplaced Blame

What keeps abuse victims in the abusive relationships that oppress them so severely?

Confusion: Why has this happened? I must have caused it.

Helplessness: How do I get out? There’s no way out so I must deserve to stay.

Loneliness: No one will ever understand because surely this has never happened to anyone but me. I’m all alone. It’s my shameful secret.

Shame: I can’t tell people how I’m being treated; it’s embarrassing, shameful; something must be wrong with me…. Continue Reading