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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I feel like a bad person for being abusive back

Sometimes emotionally abusive people heal and change. Sometimes they just... change. Either way, when the victim of their behavior gets a "break", they might discover a lot of buried emotions that are just itching to come out. 

The healed emotional abuser is more than just a behavioral change

I've seen emotionally abusive people heal and become completely different people. You wouldn't even recognize them! And when you no longer recognize the person who's hurt you over and over again, that might be a very good thing. 

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