Tuesday Truth: Is my partner abusive?

Fear looks like an ocean. It looks like it will swallow you.Jay puts language on something a lot of people in BPD recovery already feel: the fear is a mile wide and an inch deep. From a distance it looks massive. After you take one step, you find out you can stand.In this episode ...  Show more

In this episode, we look at the quiet ways people with BPD try to protect themselves from abandonment, emotional overwhelm, and the fear of losing control — and how those same strategies often keep the fear locked in place.You’ll hear a clear breakdown of safety behaviors, why th ...  Show more

[SCROLL FOR CW]-Saying we have a lot to unpack from S3E11 would be an understatement. Trauma therapist Katherine Ripley joins the podcast again to explain the difference between Intimate Partner Violence and Domestic Violence. She explains how to identify it and how to plain a sa ...  Show more

[SCROLL FOR CW]-Saying we have a lot to unpack from S3E11 would be an understatement. Trauma therapist Katherine Ripley joins the podcast again to explain the difference between Intimate Partner Violence and Domestic Violence. She explains how to identify it and how to plain a sa ...  Show more

You should come to the Break Up Break Down Brunch in ATL: https://forms.gle/KEWSJcxShbLzCWRk6 (sign up to be the first to get the link here)-Amy Head, LCSW joins the podcast to talk all about controlling partners in relationships. What does control abuse look like in relationship ...  Show more

In this episode, Chad and Stephanie talk about how Chad’s recent diagnosis of long term, “complex PTSD” forced him to get serious about answering the question - is it abuse or love? It’s a fine line between love and abuse, and how individuals define, feel, and come to know these ...  Show more