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My Boyfriend Is Verbally Abusive. Ask Allana
Q: I am in a sensitive situation. My boyfriend is verbally abusive but always apologizes the next day. Should I leave or give him an ultimatum? A: First, I am so sorry for your situation. Know that you...
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7 Ways to Let Go of Someone Who Treats You Badly
Letting go of toxic relationships is never easy. Yet with self-awareness and tools, you can begin to value yourself enough to set better boundaries with a partner. It is possible to end a romantic...
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Letter To the Church That Stood by My Abusive Husband
There was one point that I considered you my family. I thought you were a safe place full of friends that cared about me, with leadership that would protect me, but most of all I thought you would...
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What I’ve Learned From Working With Male Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
I recently spent some time working with an organisation that had been set up to provide support to women victims of domestic violence, but had decided that an essential part of making life safer for...
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How To Identify an Emotionally Abusive Person
Emotional abuse can occur in any relationship and is especially common in dating and marriage. Whereas in physical abuse, there are often marks on the body as evidence of violence that are easy to...
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4 Bad Reasons Why You Stay In Crappy Relationships
There are a lot of good reasons to work together with your significant other to make a relationship work. If your relationship is running off the rails, it may just take more communication,...
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Most Fathers with a Traumatic Childhood Want to Be Better Fathers than Their...
By Professor Dr. Katja Nowacki Fathers who have had difficult family experiences during their own childhood can be good fathers, successfully trying to be a better parent than their own parents were....
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12 Things You Should Know Before Falling for a Narcissist
What’s the difference between a narcissist and a jerk? They’re both means. But a narcissist is more than just a jerk who’s got some issues. They have grandiose beliefs about self-importance and need...
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10 Types of Bad Men To Avoid at All Costs
Can I just avoid being stuck in the cycle of dating different iterations of the same types of partners? Asked Dianna. The realization that I have been having an endless litany of messy relationships...
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‘Just Leave’
Content Warning: This piece is about domestic violence and abusive relationships and may be triggering. It was January 2018, and I was on the couch with the man who is now my big bad Ex, I’m going to...
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Live in Peace
Each one has to find his own peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. –Mahatma Gandhi Find peace within. According to Merriam-Webster, “rest in peace” is...
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Unhappiness Finds a Way Out
“I think you’re really unhappy,” says my friend. “No, I’m fine,” I say. “I’m just trying to save my marriage.” My friend was right. I was miserably unhappy but somehow admitting this seemed like a...
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Is There a Link Between Overprotective Parenting & Abusive Intimate...
On average it takes a woman seven attempts to leave an abusive man. Yes, that is the reality of the abused woman and the trauma cycle that she lives in believing that what she is experiencing from...
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The Malignant Narcissist’s Successful Hunting Method
I never talk about Dwayne. Partially because I have settled for being grateful that I escaped the relationship with my life. Partially because my mind blocks him off, for the most part. And mainly...
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Dating While Borderline
I tend to write love letters to boys who treat me like crap. This was much cuter when I was much younger. I know, I know. I really should know better by now. Telling some douchebag I love him after...
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Are You a Covert Narcissist Parent?
Are you a covert narcissist parent, using a sympathetic guise on your child? A covert narcissist sympathizes with their child’s hurt feelings in order to appear caring. The truth is, they are...
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Polyamory Is Not for Most. Is It For You?
From blamed to revered, but especially misunderstood! Polyamory is the subject of heated debate between those who live the poly life, those who want to give it a try, and the ones who hate the very...
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The Malignant Narcissist Has One Dead Giveaway in the Bedroom
**Trigger Warning// Sexual Violence, Blood, and Domestic Violence** Imentioned before that I don’t talk about Dwayne, in the following article, where I discuss how we both met. This was the very...
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After Standing up To Abusive Father, Gay Immigration Lawyer Dedicates His...
. . Growing up in Houston, Texas, Will Strom stood out among others for his love of purple and affinity for short shorts. While these things made him happy, it drew negative attention from his peers...
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Narcissist Financial Abuse: Unmasking the Hidden Power Struggle in Relationships
Financial abuse may not be as apparent as other forms of abuse, but it is just as damaging and debilitating for those who experience it. Narcissist financial abuse occurs when a narcissist manipulates...
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