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Inside the Abusive Mindset: Control, Entitlement, Ownership and Superiority
Why would someone hurt the person they say they love? It’s a question many survivors sit with, trying to make sense of their experience...
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When Others Have It Worse: How The Comparison Trap Silences Survivors
Victims of domestic abuse are often met with dismissive responses that minimise their pain: At least it wasn’t worse. Be glad he never hit...
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When the Abuser Controls the Narrative and Everyone Believes It
One of the most powerful and damaging strategies an abuser can use is controlling the narrative. By shaping how others perceive the situation, they...
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Why Survivors of Abuse Are Left Feeling They’re Never Enough
Domestic abuse doesn’t just leave bruises—it slowly dismantles your sense of self. Survivors often describe the haunting feeling that they were never smart enough,...
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How Coercive Control Undermines a Victim’s Ability to Make Decisions
Domestic abuse isn’t always visible. Sometimes, it shows up in the way your words are dismissed, your preferences are laughed at, or your voice...
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Anger After Abuse Isn’t Destructive – It’s Healing
Anger has long been framed as a “negative” emotion and something to suppress. Survivors of abuse are often told to stay calm, be rational,...
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The Journey to Self-Forgiveness: Healing After Abuse
For many survivors of domestic abuse, the hardest person to forgive isn’t the one who hurt them—it’s themselves.
Even after leaving, after the danger has...
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Silenced in Church: When Religious Communities Dismiss Domestic Abuse
For many survivors of abuse, faith can be a source of comfort, strength, and belonging. But for others, religious communities become yet another place...