About Relationship Abuse
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Domestic Violence Survivor Quotes, in Their Own Words
Most of the quotes I’ve collected come from women. However, I believe that the reason I have more abuse quotes from women is because women reach out for help more often. Women seem more likely to share their stories. Perhaps we’re simply wired that way, or maybe society doesn’t want to believe a man could…
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How Do I Stop Emotionally Abusing My Wife?
A husband asks how to stop emotionally abusing his wife: I am a verbal and emotional abuser and have a chance to save my marriage. How do I stop emotionally abusing my wife? I didn’t even know I was doing it until lately. HELP! I am suffering too! Josh, you’re lucky that you have the chance…
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How Crazymaking and Coercive Control Affect Your Brain and Thinking
Have you ever walked away from an argument with your partner thinking, I know what just happened. So why can’t I explain it anymore? Maybe you started the conversation knowing exactly what you meant. Twenty minutes later, you were defending something you never said, apologizing for something you didn’t do, or wondering whether your memory…
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Verbal Abuse Drives Domestic Abuse
Domestic abuse is more than sexual and physical violence. It includes mental and emotional abuse, and underneath nearly all of it is verbal abuse. Verbal abuse is more than name calling and more than yelling. It is how control gets built and kept. It is also hard to see from inside, which is what makes…
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Alexandria’s Story — Leaving an Abusive Relationship
Leaving wasn’t really planned. I had just had enough. Threatening me with my life was the final straw and it scared me to death, so I told my parents and I told him I wished him the best and I hoped he had a wonderful life. And then I thanked him for showing me what…
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Joshua’s Story of Abuse
Joshua’s Signs of Being Abused Coerced into ceasing contact with friends, having a knife pulled on me while being called the name of my ex’s first husband, put-downs towards myself/family/friends. After I left: having calls go to my workplace asking that I be fired, calls to my ex-wife’s lawyer to try to get my son…
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Living in My Abusive Marriage
Living with abuse is horrible. I wish I could go back to the days when I thought I was a bad person or mentally ill. At least then I only had to fix myself.
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Sheri’s Story of Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave? My therapist asked me why I stayed. I said it was because my daughters needed their father (I didn’t know he was abusing them at the time). He told me they’d end up with someone just like him, I told him they wouldn’t, they’d know better. He…
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Jim’s Story – Leaving Abuse
What happened that made you decide to leave? Amazon.com WidgetsShe dumped me again. I had no choice. I’m glad she didn’t change her mind again. I stopped talking to her completely because we were still being verbally abusive to each other after the breakup. How did you feel about your abuser and/or your relationship in…
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Police Report May Do You No Good
Domestic violence and abuse gets complicated FAST. It seems abusers know all the tricks and many states have started arresting both people no matter who reports the incident. No matter what, if you are a victim, you should call the police, but think twice if you physically attacked first.