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When Support Turns Toxic: The Enablers Who Help Abusers and Harm Victims
In domestic abuse, the focus is often on the abuser; however, there is a crucial, often overlooked element in the perpetuation of abusive dynamics:...
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20 Survivors Share Why Leaving an Abusive Relationship Isn’t as Easy as People Think
Victims of domestic abuse are often asked, “Why don’t you just leave?” This question fails to acknowledge the complex dynamics of abusive relationships and...
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Psychological Abuse Hurts—Deeply
Psychological abuse, the aspect of domestic violence that’s the most elusive, endangers women the most. Fortunately, since the late 1990s, research that reveals psychological...
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Grooming in Relationships: How Abusers Manipulate Their Partners
Grooming is often associated with child abuse, but it’s also a tactic employed by abusers in adult relationships to gain power and control over...
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15 Signs of an Abusive Relationship
Domestic abuse is a pervasive problem that can take many forms—physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, psychological, financial, and even neglect. Often, the signs of abuse...
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Breadcrumbing: A Subtle Manipulation Tactic in Abusive Relationships
Breadcrumbing, a term commonly associated with modern dating, has a darker and more insidious presence in abusive relationships. In casual dating, breadcrumbing refers to...
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How Domestic Abuse Victims Rationalize Their Abuser’s Behavior
Victims of domestic violence frequently find ways to rationalize the abuse they are enduring, sometimes as a coping mechanism, other times because they believe...
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Economic Abuse Examples: Survivors Share Their Stories
Economic abuse is a deeply insidious form of control within domestic abuse, often going unnoticed but having profound consequences on the victim's financial independence...