"Why didn't she just leave?" That is the question most ask when they find out a woman has been suffering battery and abuse. It seems so simple, so obvious and yet any woman that has been abused will tell you that it is anything but simple. I once thought I would never be one of … Continue reading Abuse is Not Love
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Gaslighting – Power – Control – Manipulation
Underhanded at its core, gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse that happens more frequently than we often understand or recognize. By definition, emotional abuse is about controlling another person by criticizing, embarrassing, shaming, blaming, discounting, dismissing, depriving, or denying their rights, needs, wants, thoughts, feelings and equality in the relationship. Gaslighting is when someone … Continue reading Gaslighting – Power – Control – Manipulation