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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...
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Projection Explained: How Abusers Shift Blame to Maintain Control
Projection in abusive relationships is a defense mechanism where an individual shifts their own undesirable traits, emotions, or behaviors onto someone else. It’s a...
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Understanding the Cycle of Abuse: How Abusive Patterns Play Out
Abusive and controlling behavior is rarely an isolated incident. Instead, it typically follows a recurring cycle of highs and lows that can be hard...