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Psychological Abuse

Latest Psychological Abuse Articles

50 Powerful Questions That Can Help You Identify The Signs Of Emotional Abuse

50 Powerful Questions That Can Help You Identify The Signs Of Emotional Abuse

Shahida Arabi Shahida Arabi
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Is your partner kinder and more respectful to others in public than they are to you behind closed doors? Do you find that the way your partner treated you in the beginning of the relationship is unrecognizable from the way your partner treats you now?

Covert Narcissists Use These 3 Sneaky Techniques To Disarm And Demean You

Covert Narcissists Use These 3 Sneaky Techniques To Disarm And Demean You

Shahida Arabi Shahida Arabi
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They engage in what I like to call “coded language.”

50 Shades Of Gaslighting: Disturbing Signs An Abuser Is Twisting Your Reality [2022 Updated]

50 Shades Of Gaslighting: Disturbing Signs An Abuser Is Twisting Your Reality [2022 Updated]

Shahida Arabi Shahida Arabi
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Gaslighting is essentially psychological warfare, causing the victims of malignant narcissists to continually question their own reality.

9 Lifesaving Things I Learned After Coming Out Of A Toxic Relationship

9 Lifesaving Things I Learned After Coming Out Of A Toxic Relationship

Alison Barrett Alison Barrett
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If you find yourself lying to family and friends about seeing him, or you feel uncomfortable telling people you are seeing him, this is not a positive thing to be doing. 

An Open Letter To My Psychologically Abusive Father

An Open Letter To My Psychologically Abusive Father

Anonymous
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Day after day you would make snarky remarks and stabs at me. You would even talk about how much of a failure I was to friends and family and I would hear your words come back around. “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” does not apply here; you threw me back in the black hole I finally escaped from.

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