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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.
Jenny duBay
Jun 16
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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.
Jenny duBay
Jun 8
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Punching Holes in Walls is Domestic Violence
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A Daughter's Poem of Love: Soaring After Domestic Abuse
A guest post by Keariel Peasley
Jenny duBay
Jun 2
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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…
Jenny duBay
May 24
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The Ominous Role of Contempt in Abusive Relationships
"The derider intends to shame the person he derides." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Jenny duBay
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…
Jenny duBay
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!"
Jenny duBay
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…
Jenny duBay
Mar 18
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Beware of the “Soul Mate”: Love-Bombing, Grooming, and Early Abuse Tactics
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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…
Jenny duBay
Mar 4
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How Domestic Abusers Put You—and Attempt to Keep You—in a FOG
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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…
Jenny duBay
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…
Jenny duBay
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.
Jenny duBay
Jan 3
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Is it Child Abuse if the Mother is Abused, but Not the Child?
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