Learn the signs of emotional and physical abuse and how to protect yourself from toxic patterns in relationships with your partner, friends or family.
On the contrary to physical abuse, emotional abuse is not that easy to recognize. Some people spend years living with an emotionally abusive partner , not having a clue about it. How is that even possible? It’s because most emotional abusers are attentive and kind at the beginning of a relationship. They blind you with…
No one is resistant to a sociopath’s charm. There is a misconception in society that only strong women are able to resist toxic men. It is believed that the qualities of strong women make them immune to this type of men. Well, that is just not true. Strong women are not some kind of inhumane…
I know it’s hard loving someone broken. I know it’s hard loving someone who is still stuck in their abusive past. I know it’s hard to love someone who is afraid of your love and touch . To love someone who believes she is unlovable. But you still love me, you’re still here. You’re still…
When your ex broke your heart, it took you a while to recover. You went through different stages of grief but at the end of the day, you stopped missing him the way you did before. You still haven’t healed properly but you have managed to accept it’s over. You stopped hoping that this man…
Traumatic relationships can be based on psychological, verbal, physical or sexual trauma or they can be a combination of all of the above-mentioned. If you’re coming out of such a relationship, you’re probably experiencing post-traumatic relationship syndrome, where you feel like no one understands you and you feel vulnerable, hurt and unable to trust anyone….
You. Yes, you. With your tired soul and your scarred heart. With your broken pieces and the thought in your head that it should be like this. Yes, you. It’s time for you to finally choose yourself. It must be hard for you to believe that there is life after him. After those stupid, violent…
When you don’t get what you need in your childhood, it can affect your adulthood in negative ways. If your parents missed all your signs for help and if they didn’t give you all the love and affection that you craved as a child, it is normal that behavior like that will leave deep scars…
We all have that someone in our lives for whom we bend ourselves around like a wire in an attempt to please them. These are the people that are sucking the life out of us—toxic people. Every time a problem occurs, you end up questioning yourself—is it something you did wrong? You end up thinking…
Relationships should be something that makes us feel happy and fulfilled. But what happens when your man acts like a jerk? When all he does is insult you verbally and physically and makes you feel like crap all the time? The most important thing that you should know is that you are normal—you are completely…
I had a friend. She was a beautiful girl. She smiled all the time, even when she had no reason to smile. She looked at the world from a positive perspective. She always wanted to look at only the beautiful things and look for the best in everyone. She was a walking happiness. Believe me,…