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Healthy Healing vs. Critical Complaint: Talking Openly about Intimate Partner Violence
Talking to supportive friends can help you triumph through your journey from victim to survivor.
Jenny duBay
Jul 9, 2021
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Under My Thumb: Coercive Control and the Sensitive Victim
Domestic abusers who portray themselves as sensitive, sweet, and a victim of others are among the most deceptive and destructive.
Jenny duBay
Nov 8, 2021
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Fear of Abandonment in Abusive Personalities
Many domestic abusers have an intense fear of abandonment--which causes them to be abandoned.
Jenny duBay
Jun 13, 2021
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Betrayal Blindness: Forgetting as a Survival Technique
The need to trust is a powerful force. Establishing and maintaining a secure sense of safety is an essential component to all aspects of healthy living…
Jenny duBay
Oct 30, 2022
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Unwittingly Describing the Abuse Cycle
The Predictable Pattern of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Jenny duBay
Jun 8, 2021
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Feeling My Mother's Pain: The Effects of Domestic Abuse Within a Household
The wounds of domestic abuse run deep. If you have children and you’re in a toxic relationship, even if they’re not being abused themselves, they’re…
Jenny duBay
Sep 29, 2022
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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, 2022
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A Tale of Two Boundaries: Finding the Truth in Relationships
“It was the best of boundaries, it was the worst of boundaries …” Actually, no. Scratch that. In my Tale of Two Boundaries, both were the best of…
Jenny duBay
Oct 13, 2022
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Psychological Physical Violence Can Be a Sign of More to Come
Physical violence always creates physical wounds, right? Maybe not ...
Jenny duBay
Sep 22, 2021
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
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Don’t Let the Tricksters Trick You: The Dangers of Covert Abuse
Covert narcissistic abuse is tricky, because these types of manipulators are "wolves in sheep's clothing."
Jenny duBay
Jul 31, 2021
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Don’t Let the Tricksters Trick You: The Dangers of Covert Abuse
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