When you’re married or in a committed relationship, both your families will be kind of enmeshed with each other, and your parents may even become best friends. You might have also had an expensive or extravagant wedding to mark the…
When you’re about to end an emotionally draining relationship, you will at times feel it is unfair, especially if it was a committed relationship. Feeling unfair here means feeling like you’re not doing the right thing, or you made a…
When you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship or even a relationship with someone who is avoidant, they will pull many cards just to maintain or feel in control of the relationship or to avoid taking responsibility. The most consistent aspect…
You know, how our minds perceive things in life can be pretty funny at times, especially when we see the world through just that tiny lens, thinking we’ve got it all figured out or we know. Life really has a…
When we start setting boundaries for the first time, it will seem heavy, like trying to lift weights for the first time. It will be uncomfortable, and you will even want to drop the weight and run away. Those heavy boundaries…
Our life experiences shape how we see the world today. We can look at those past experiences more like invisible chains, limiting what we choose to do in the present moment. When your past is holding you back, you feel…
Let’s continue our discussion of emotional abuse, but now we’re focusing more on the coping strategies that will help you navigate your situation, especially when your family doesn’t understand what you’re going through and insists on making things work. Emotional…
When it comes to emotional abuse or when you’re being mentally tortured by someone, only a few people in your circle will understand. Those few people have got to have some level of awareness or understanding or may have experienced…
After being in a relationship with a narcissist, you might find yourself avoiding social situations, losing friends, preferring to stay indoors, or withdrawing from social interactions and feeling more comfortable alone. This shift in your life might lead you to…
Most of our relationships are actually more about give and take, or rather transactional, simply because that’s what we’ve learned from our forefathers. However, as we expose ourselves to different people, especially those who are more aware, we tend to…
We all wear masks. Some of us are aware of this, but others have become so accustomed to these masks that they believe they are their masks. These masks can project qualities like ‘niceness’ or ‘badness,’ but in the end,…
If there’s a feeling that will linger in the back of your mind when you’re about to leave an abusive relationship or when you’re moving on after abuse, it’s that feeling that you cannot handle it. You may feel that…
