Dedicated to Anyone Who Has Ever Been in an Abusive Relationship
Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes, Blog2Bog on Mar 28th, 2009
The devil is a charming man. Kate Bush, remember? Talking about dancing with Hitler. Even when it’s obvious, it’s not obvious. Your escape hatches are blocked. He’s doing you a favor loving you. And he does love you, he says with his body. His friends love him. He’d charm the wings off Pegasus. […]
I while back, I wrote a detailed article about how being a “people-pleaser” may make you a target for abusers, other controlling people, or anyone seeking to take advantage of a person with the “Disease to Please”.
Susan Newman, a regular Psychology Today blogger, social psychologist and author, has a book out called The Book of NO: […]
Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes, NewNewz on Mar 14th, 2009
This would likely apply in many ways to VERBAL and EMOTIONAL abusers as well, who also are full of rage and lack empathy, likely for the same or similar reasons. Abusers like my ex, Dan, who interestingly enough, was a very heavy drinker by the time we split and apparently still is. Remember that verbal […]
Posted in Art on Mar 11th, 2009
The poem is really about self-delusion and learning to trust one’s instincts. - Karen X
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People always reveal the truth of who they are in time:
First a whisper, then a shout, then a landmine!
Focus always on your inner truth,
then handle it all with ease
Don’t put your trust in people
don’t attempt to appease
that […]
Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes, Resources on Mar 11th, 2009
(Written by Maria De Santis of the Women’s Justice Center, Santa Rosa, CA)
There’s a seemingly simple little exercise we’ve done dozens of times at workshops on violence against women. The usual responses, however, are anything but simple. They’re confounding and cause for concern.
Recently we repeated the exercise with a conference room full of 70 social […]
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