Love and Abuse

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  Can you get past more aggressive or physical abuse? 10.09.2026 24мин

  Physical abuse is the totality of all abuse in one package. It's violent and extremely damaging. And the victim of such aggressive behavior can literally be scarred for life. I hope you never experience anything like it. But if you have, this episode may be helpful to you. 
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  When the relationship boundaries are broken a second time 02.09.2026 26мин
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  Someone's obsession of you can be disastrous 27.08.2026 38мин

  It can feel amazing when someone focuses entirely on you, supporting you, helping you achieve whatever makes you happy... until it turns into a nightmare. 
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  Isolating you from everything and everyone, leaving you a shell of your former self 21.08.2026 22мин

  Isolation is one of the more destructive forms of emotional abuse, yet many people don't realize it's happening. They simply notice they no longer feel happy or fulfilled. Understanding how isolation works gives you the foundation to make decisions from a place of empowered knowledge instead of from a place someone else has put you in.
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  They call me names, put me down, tell me how pathetic I am - I guess I'm the problem.mp3 14.08.2026 13мин

  Are you the problem if nothing you do is ever right or good enough? Could they possibly be right about everything they're saying? If you believe this, please listen to this episode. It might just save you a lot of doubt and confusion. 
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  It's me or them: When someone wants to control your relationship with others 09.07.2026 49мин

  When someone wants to control who you see by giving you an ultimatum between them and "me", you might have a hard choice to make. Or, maybe it's an easy choice, but it might be hard to get there from here. 
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  Being called a bad parent if you want to leave the abusive relationship 02.07.2026 25мин

  You realize the relationship isn't going to work out and want to leave, but you're worried about being called a bad parent. Not only that, you are guaranteed to be called a bad parent by an abusive partner. Are you stuck in this relationship forever? 
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  I don't want to hurt the person who hurts me by leaving them 26.06.2026 35мин

  Your heart is big. And your kindness and compassion, though amazing qualities, can also keep you in situations that are unhealthy for you. When you're afraid you're going to hurt someone by leaving them, there's a bigger picture to keep in mind. 
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  The feeling that you lost a big chunk of your life to the abusive person 18.06.2026 24мин

  It's hard enough to be in a difficult relationship, but when your boundaries are shot, your adrenals are through the roof, and lots of years have passed, you might be wondering if this entire relationship was a giant waste of time, thinking about all the things you could have or should have done instead. 
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  Leaving an abusive person isn't easy and sometimes isn't over 11.06.2026 44мин

  It can be hard to be in an emotionally abusive relationship. The challenge is real! But what about leaving one? It might be just as hard or harder because of the unknown of what happens next. 
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  The trauma bond keeps you lovesick and broken 04.06.2026 30мин

  A trauma bond is like being addicted to both the highs and lows, just waiting for your next fix. It's not impossible to break a trauma bond, but it can be hard as hell. 
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  Can you still like someone who hurt you but not love them? 28.05.2026 40мин

  Can the victim of emotional abuse accept the former abuser as a friend after a lot of time has passed? I received this question from someone who used to be emotionally abusive, feels awful about it, but has been out of that relationship for years. Then she met up with her ex again, and things are different, but not in the way she expected. 
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  Are your children being manipulated, too? 18.05.2026 43мин

  You're watching your child mirror a narcissistic parent and it feels like you're losing ground. Arguing with the lies they're being told feels pointless, but asking the right questions might just be what helps you keep your connection to your children, helping them choose empathy over manipulation.
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  If you don't draw the line on how much is too much, you won't have a line 07.05.2026 39мин

  How much mistreatment is too much? When your boundaries are violated over and over again, there will be a point where you have none and the sky will be the limit on someone else's hurtful and controlling behaviors. 
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  How does an abusive person become an abusive person? 30.04.2026 18мин

  There's got to be a reason someone becomes abusive, right? All abusers abused as children... is that it? Maybe it's a mental health issue. Maybe it's none, some, or all of the above. Or maybe it's something else. 
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  Getting conned into taking an unhealed abuser back 28.04.2026 25мин

  They've changed! They've really seemed to change. They seem like a new person so you take them back. Then you find out they were just playing the long game. Emotionally abusive people can heal if they want to. Those who don't may just come back to fool you again. 
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  Do mutually abusive relationships have a chance? 21.04.2026 38мин

  Sometimes both people in the relationship are hurtful, controlling and manipulative. When that's the case, it's going to take more than one person stopping the behaviors, and that presents a few challenges in itself. 
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  The superiority complex of misogynists 15.04.2026 28мин

  A unique episode about the superiority complex that drives mysogny in abusive relationships, why abusive people target those they perceive as weaker, and how their insecurity fuels the need to control and dominate.  
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  When you won't see an emotionally abusive person change 08.04.2026 37мин

  You can't fix what's unwilling to be fixed. And when someone would rather you and the relationship suffer and crumble than work on improving themselves, you might have only one choice left. 
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  Did you sign up for a life of indentured servitude? 01.04.2026 26мин

  If you feel trapped in a maze of emotional manipulation, hoping for a change that never comes, you might realize you've signed up for something you didn't expect and certainly don't want. There's a history lesson in this episode that may give you all you need to know for what the future holds for your relationship.