Photo by Jon Butterworth on Unsplash A twist that often occurs in an abusive relationship is when you, the one who’s being subjected to abuse, becomes the target of a harassment report by the abuser. They bait you into calling them…
Photo by Landis Brown on Unsplash Let’s say you now understand your boundaries on a superficial level, to say the least. You know about your physical, material, emotional boundaries, mental boundaries, and all those kinds of boundaries, or you simply understand…
When you’ve left an abusive relationship, if there’s something that will seem like a long and distant dream, it will be loving yourself or treating yourself with kindness. You will find yourself talking ill about yourself, berating yourself, emotionally abusing…
Once you’ve broken up with your ex, you may, at times, experience that initial burst of freedom or happiness that had long eluded you. You might start going back to the hobbies you had abandoned, working out, or simply taking…
Today, we continue our discussion on some of the myths around setting and upholding healthy boundaries. Most of these myths are from the amazing book ‘Boundaries’ by Cloud Henry and John Townsend. When you initially set boundaries, the initial reaction…
A toxic relationship is where an abuser will go the extra mile to make you meet their needs, and one of those things they might do is make threats. They might threaten to do something harmful to themselves, especially if…
Silent treatment is when there is a refusal to communicate with someone else or when someone completely ignores you. They may just go quiet even for a couple of days or weeks without giving any valid reason why they’re doing…
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash When you’ve lived a life where you’re used to taking care of others aside from yourself or wanting to make other people happy at your expense, then it will be inevitable that those same people…
They’ve done terrible things to you, and you really wish all kinds of karma could strike them or that the universe will punish them severely for their evil acts. You wish they could pay for their animosity, deceit, lies, manipulation,…
When it comes to setting boundaries, you might feel that you’re being rebellious or disobedient. Today, we’ll be discussing the second myth when it comes to setting and upholding healthy boundaries in life, which is that setting boundaries is a…
One thing you will undoubtedly ask yourself when you’ve been subjected to any kind of abuse, whether it’s verbal insults or physical harm from those close to you, is whether they are aware that their actions are hurtful to you.…
When you’re about to leave that abusive relationship you’ve invested in, you will certainly feel guilty, and you will feel like you’re making a bad decision for even thinking about leaving. The guilt will make you question your decision, and…
