Physical abuse is something obvious. There’s concrete evidence that there is an issue and the relationship is an unhealthy one. But emotional abuse takes on a different form. It isn’t so obvious and when you’ve endured a relationship like this for a long enough period of time you don’t even realize.
“It’s because women like violent men instead of nice guys.”
When he found out I’d been abused in silence right under his unsuspecting nose, a dear friend asked me, in shock: “But why didn’t you say anything? Why didn’t you ask for help?” And, in that moment, I couldn’t find an answer.
They express hostility covertly and use manipulative subterfuge over time. All designed to make you feel insecure, walk on eggshells and at times, to punish you.
A few months after escaping an emotionally abusive relationship, feeling strangled and suffocated by the enormity of that secret, I made a controversial choice: I wrote about what had happened on my Facebook page… Read more
The thing is, your abuser is convinced that he was perfectly justified in abusing you.
How to turn the Game Around and Play it Better!
The relationship between a narcissist is a very toxic one. While empaths usually get attracted towards the narcissist and vice versa, the toxic attraction is extremely harmful because the narcissist thinks the empath owes them a lot.
How to understand and predict narcissistic abuse.
You can predict how a narcissist will act in a relationship from your first date
