Does your intimate partner ever say you are too sensitive? Or say something cruel and then say, "I was just joking"? These are two signs that you are being verbally abused. I recently came upon an article that gives a great description of verbal/emotional abuse. Here...
Abusers have many tools in their tool belt. One of their greatest tools is to invalidate you. What does this invalidation look like? The abuser tries to talk you out of your...
Abusers are liars. On some level we all know this. Yet, at times, they are able to trick us into forgetting this fact. I will give you few examples. Example A - You are divorced from your abuser. He* has week on/week off custody of your two-year old son. Your son...
Many women who have experienced domestic violence have also experienced some type of sexual assault, either in their adult relationship, or as a child. Though you may not have been forcibly raped, as a child you may have: Been exposed to pornography Been exposed to...
God walked with me for 7 years to help me write a book for abuse victims called A Journey Through Emotional Abuse: From Bondage to Freedom. I wrote the book primarily for women suffering from emotional abuse in their marriages, but the book can be used for men as...
I have recently become aware of a “new” term used to describe psychological abuse – “gaslighting”. I put “new” in quotes because the term was actually first used in a 1938 play called Gas Light. The play was made into the movie Gaslight in 1940 and 1944. In the play...
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