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Domestic abuse awareness, education, and healing support, with an empathetic Catholic twist.
By Jenny duBay · Launched a year ago
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Punching Holes in Walls is Domestic Violence
Despite attempted normalization in TV and movies, punching walls or windows is a form of abuse.
Jun 8
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A Daughter's Poem of Love: Soaring After Domestic Abuse
A guest post by Keariel Peasley
Jun 2
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Misplaced Empathy: What it is, and How Abusers Use it to Their Advantage
Misplaced empathy in an abusive relationship often leads to a spiritual dryness and a deep sense of wandering loss.
Jun 16
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The Covert Abuser: Playing the Victim as a Means of Control
One of the most common tactics of a covert, self-focused abuser is that of playing the victim. After all, it gets him a lot of mileage. In the early, “love-bombing” stage of a partnership, claiming to be the victim in a past relationship plays the dual role of creating a bond of…
May 24
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Healthy Healing vs. Critical Complaint: Talking Openly about Intimate Partner Violence
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Fear of Abandonment in Abusive Personalities
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Under My Thumb: Coercive Control and the Sensitive Victim
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Unwittingly Describing the Abuse Cycle
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His Ex Was a Monster ... Or So You've Been Told
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An Insidious Agenda: Isolating Targets from Friends and Family
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The Ominous Role of Contempt in Abusive Relationships
"The derider intends to shame the person he derides." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
May 10
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An Abuser's False Self: Hypocrisy and its Consequences
In a previous post I wrote about the early stages of a romantic relationship with someone who’s hiding an abusive personality, and how that experience…
Apr 21
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The Man Who Isn't There: Getting His Voice Out of Your Head
"Go away, go away, don't you come back any more! Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door!"
Apr 5
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Beware of the “Soul Mate”: Love-Bombing, Grooming, and Early Abuse Tactics
One of the first casualties suffered by someone with an abusive partner is the silencing of her inner peace as well as her once-reliable and trusted…
Mar 18
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How Domestic Abusers Put You—and Attempt to Keep You—in a FOG
One of the most destructive side-effects of being forced to endure an abusive relationship is the hazy fog that seems to settle over not only your mind…
Mar 4
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An Insidious Agenda: Isolating Targets from Friends and Family
One of the hallmark traits of an abusive personality is extreme, possessive jealousy, which can take many forms—all with an end goal of isolation…
Feb 24
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The Gateway to Abuse: How Pornography Destroys Relationships
“Using pornography is not OK behavior. It is a perverse and ridiculous intrusion into your relationship. It is an insult, it is disloyal and it is…
Feb 4
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Is it Child Abuse if the Mother is Abused, but Not the Child?
To abuse a child's parent is to abuse the child.
Jan 3
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Healthy Healing vs. Critical Complaint: Talking Openly about Intimate Partner Violence
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Fear of Abandonment in Abusive Personalities
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Under My Thumb: Coercive Control and the Sensitive Victim
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Unwittingly Describing the Abuse Cycle
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His Ex Was a Monster ... Or So You've Been Told
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An Insidious Agenda: Isolating Targets from Friends and Family
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