But experiences do not have to be this extreme at all. Simply growing up in a home where no one says “I love you” or having parents who never check in with us to find out how we’re doing is more than enough for a tiny person to develop these subtle but powerful beliefs. These ...
An abusive person might make you feel like no one else understands or cares about you. They may attempt to break off your relationships with friends and family or become jealous of your connections with others. Your loved ones may be picking up on the abuse, so the individual may try to ...
In psychological terms, people with this trait are sometimes classified as beingcodependent(which refers to a relationship where one person loses their sense of independence and believes they need to tend to the other),sociotropic(which is a tendency to place an irrational amount of value on rela...
My main advice within “faking it til you make it” is to tread lightly and choose wisely. Small statements in a conversation and/or action is all you need. You can’t fake it until you make it to be happy in an abusive relationship or fake being a doctor to become one. But you ...
You deserve to feel good about yourself. You Don’t Need to Be a People Pleaser to Deserve Love At the root of most people pleasers is a caring person who wants to keep other people happy. And there’s nothing wrong with being a compassionate person. In all likelihood, being a caring ...
2. Contact An Organization That Can Help You Most of the areas have local organizations to help victims of abuse. If you do not know where to get started or if you need to talk to a reliable person such as friends or family members about your plan to leave yourabusive relationship, you...
t necessarily mean an abusive environment. Maybe your parent was a great parent who did everything they could to provide you with food and keep a roof over your head, but they absolutely sucked with emotional support and development. That doesn’t make them a bad person. People are flawed,...
Colloquially speaking, reactive abuse is the act of pushing another person to the brink. It's the process of causing someone “to snap” or “lash out.” In most cases, reactive abuse victims (the people being pushed) mirror their adversaries' tactics. ...
As I point out in my audio program “20 Laws of Successful Relationships”, being jealous of your partners’ ex and comparing yourself to an ex is pointless and even harmful to your own self-esteem and your present relationship. Wondering if that person who was in your partner’s past was...
"Bullying can be targeted or it can be one person who bullies everyone." Bullying may take many forms, from being ignored during office meetings to being verbally berated for making mistakes. "We define it as (when) someone doesn't feel comfortable being themselves in the workplace," Engle...