How you describe the challenges in your relationship can reveal if youre being emotionally abused

How you describe the challenges in your relat...

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Do I accept that this is how theyll be forever

Some behaviors are unacceptable. Some people are unacceptable. Just what should you accept and what should you do when you can't? Emotional abuse has a tendency to make you feel completely powerless, unable to make such decisions. 

When its impossible to get away from all the toxic behavior

Some relationships end but continue leaving destruction in their wake. Some don't end and you suffer through the daily drip-feeding of emotionally abusive behaviors until you lose your sanity. When there's no way away from all the toxicity, what can you do? 

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