About Relationship Abuse
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Short Safety Plan for Domestic Abuse & Violence
Short Safety Plan for Domestic Abuse & Violence Important Decisions to Make for the Next Time You Have to Go, Whether for Now or Forever **Need this one to look like something else? Get the…
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How to Recognize Verbal Abuse: A Free PDF Download
A guide that helps you see what’s happening Verbal abuse is hard to see from the inside. The words may sound like the way your partner has always talked, or you have heard them so…
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Gaslighting
On This Page: What Is Gaslighting? Gaslighting is a pattern of words and actions that makes you doubt your own memory, judgment, and sanity. The person doing it denies what you saw and heard, tells…
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Domestic Abuse and Violence FAQs
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Too Fast Too Soon: A Commitment Red Flag
The too fast too soon red flag I mention in the following video has to do with If you feel either way, it is important to slow down. Take a breath alone. Let things settle. That…
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Top 12 Signs of Abuse in Your Future
What are the signs of abuse to watch out for when you meet a new guy or gal? We know you cannot tell who will abuse you by looking at them. Most likely, if the…
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Emotional Drama Is Not Love
Emotional drama is not love. It is manufactured by the abuser during the initial attachment period using smoke and mirrors to disguise their true intentions. They want to place you under a love spell so…
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How to Avoid Abuse In Future Relationships
Get Clear on What You Expect from a Relationship You experienced an abusive relationship before, and your favorite personal goal is to avoid abuse entirely in every relationship from now on. Unfortunately, your experience tells you that you could…
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Judging and Criticizing
Making You Look Like a Loser Judging and criticizing allow your abuser to express how little they accept you as you are. The abuser implies that you should be smarter, saner, less picky, pickier, or…
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Discounting
Discounting Your Reality Abusive people enjoy discounting your thoughts, feelings, and reality so they do not have to take responsibility for their abusive behavior. If your abuser can force you to doubt your perception of…