“And all the while I feel like I’m standing in the middle of a crowded room, screaming at the top of my lungs, and no one even looks up,” I remember watching Titanic as a kid, empathizing with Rose and her emotional turmoil. Growing up, […]
We’ve all been exposed to some type of manipulative behaviour in our lives. Whether it was someone trying to get us to do their bidding by manipulting our emotions or whether it was someone pressuring you into doing the right thing (aka ‘their thing’). It’s […]
Emotional abuse affects your mental health – big time. No question about it. The scary part is that often, it creeps up on you, little by little. One day you wake up and realise that you are a quivering mess. Not at all the person […]
The NYU Medical Center defines a passive-aggressive individual as someone who “may appear to comply or act appropriately, but actually behaves negatively and passively resists.” A passive-aggressive relationship can occur in romantic partnership, family, social circles, or at the workplace. Passive-aggressive actions can range from the relatively mild, […]
Many of us know the overt signs of abuse. Behaviour such as someone telling you outright what you can and can’t do is pretty obvious. Subtle signs of control are harder to spot but I am going to list them in this blog post. I […]
Infringement of personal rights Not allowing you out alone, stopping you from interacting with certain people, limiting your freedom, changing the way you dress, controlling you financially, trying to change who you fundamentally are (eg, making you become a quiter less social person when you […]
Love bombing is an attempt to influence a person by demonstrations of attention and affection. It can be used in different ways and can be used for either a positive or negative purpose. Narcissists secret weapon When someone tells you just how special you are, […]
Loving someone toxic is a situation that many of us find ourselves in at some stage in our lives. At the beginning of a relationship, both people are on best behaviour and feelings can develop really quickly. By the time the warning bells start ringing, […]
