“Hi, thanks for the great information. It was enlightening. I just wanted to know when you suggested to take a break before ending a relationship, Does that mean that partners should discuss the reasons behind this break and be honest with each other about the probable outcomes or does that mean that it could be left undefined and ambiguous? I ask ‘cause you didn’t differentiate these two and I believe this will happen with passive aggressive abusers who are always the people who give the most excruciating silence treatments. If I was given any chances, I would disagree with having a short break because it would have led to a very disappointing break up at the end and I’d rather not.They enjoy having chances to break you down every time you approach them. They enjoy taking your power and punishing you for everything you’ve been feeling in the relationship. Giving them time will only give them enough excuse and power to treat you the way they always masked in the relationship with making the set for you to play the bad guy. I would like to ask you to talk more about controlling behaviors in emotional abuse victims in the next episodes if that’s possible. As a victim of emotional abuse, I always blame myself for not standing up for myself, more than empathetic restless efforts to change (control) abusers behaviors, For holding to that teeny tiny hope that I can finally make sth out of this mess!”
samaeb via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/18/23