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If a partner can put on their game-face just long enough to make you feel complete to the extent that you feel incomplete without them, there’s no telling how much abuse you’ll endure chasing that feeling of wholeness.

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I realized something about emotional abuse: It doesn’t always feel like abuse.

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I wouldn’t use the word love, because I didn’t love you. I was stuck in a cycle of emotional abuse, which you tried to make me think, was love.

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Research shows that victims of violence on average experience seven incidents before permanently leaving their partner.

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An insecure spouse will find reasons to nitpick and be angry about, but will also use manipulation and lying to get their way.

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Just because you don’t have the marks to prove it doesn’t mean you didn’t suffer through abuse.

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Healing involves understanding how you’ve been abused, forgiving yourself, and rebuilding your self-esteem and confidence.

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I will claim this title freely today; it’s given me boundless power and voice.

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When I was 19, my boyfriend checked my phone because he was scared to lose me. 

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You may think that once you have broken free from the gaslighter, he or she can do no further harm. This is just an invitation to more emotional battering.