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Side Effects of Abusive Relationships

8. October 2011 by Recovering from Abuse


One of the side effects of being in an abusive relationship is the deep-set belief that you are not capable of managing things on your own. In fact, it’s one of the first ways that an abuser gains control of his or her victim. They create the illusion of dependency or exaggerate any existing dependency. Once we’re out of the abusive relationship we may find ourselves automatically thinking that... [Read the Rest of this Post]

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