Nyxks Musings

Tag: Abuse

  • Verbal Abuse

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    Verbal Abuse and its Devastating Impact By Patricia Evans Verbal Abuse is insidious. Verbal Abuse is endemic. Verbal Abuse impacts millions of people. Verbal Abuse and its denial are crazy-making Verbal Abuse usually occurs in secret. If you’ve heard, “You’re Too Sensitive” you’ve heard verbal abuse. Although many people have heard sticks and stones may…

  • In The Mind Of An Abuser

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    Abusive people typically think they are unique, really so different from other people that they don’t have to follow the same rules everyone else does. But rather than being unique, abusers have a lot in common with one another, including their patterns of thinking and behaving. The following are some of their characteristics. Excuse Making…

  • Healing from Abuse

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    Of all the tasks that we face in emerging from an abusive relationship, healing the damage from the abuse is the most difficult and the task that inevitably takes the longest. Our finances can be rebuilt; our emotions will rebound; bruises will heal; new friends can be made; new partners found. But those anguishing memories;…

  • “I Love You, But…”

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    “Honey, I Love You BUT…” is NOT a declaration of love. Joy Stevens Your partner is constantly belittling you and abusing you while hiding behind a guise of love. The “I love you but…” person is a clever abuser. You are being manipulated in a power play. You are probably confused and often feeling guilty.…

  • Grieve Your Loss

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    Give yourself the time you need to come to terms with the end of your marriage. There is no way to predict how long the process will take. Everyone copes differently. The grieving process is not a straight line. You won’t find that each day is better than the one before. You may think that…

  • Abuser Tricks

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    The following is a list of behaviors that may indicate a potential batterer. It is not the purpose of the listing to imply that every person with some of these attributes is a batterer or potential batterer. Jealousy At the start of the relationship, an abuser will equate jealously with love. The abuser will question…