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Laying down the ground rules for the toxic people in your life

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Laying down the ground rules for the toxic people in your life
Laying down the ground rules for the toxic people in your life
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Laying down the ground rules for the toxic people in your life
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If you want a toxic person to change, it will probably never happen. However, there is something you can do to change the course of the relationship that may actually cause them to act differently.

Sometimes you have to make rules that guide toxic people to healthier behavior.

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Filed Under: Control, Emotional Abuse, Family, Personal Boundaries, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People

When loved ones reject your reality and replace it with their own

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When loved ones reject your reality and replace it with their own
When loved ones reject your reality and replace it with their own
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When loved ones reject your reality and replace it with their own
October 25, 2020
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Your mental health is too important to let those in denial ignore your suffering and invalidate your experience. The solution to someone’s ignorance could be to put the harsh truth in their face.

Or it could be to just accept that some people will always be blissfully unaware or in full denial. Acceptance that you can’t get through to everyone might be the one reality you can rely on.

Filed Under: abuse, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Family Tagged With: Blaming me for small things, Parents are gaslighting me, Sexually assaulted and parents aren't supportive

Will you ever be good enough?

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Will you ever be good enough?
Will you ever be good enough?
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Will you ever be good enough?
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When you are mistreated in some way and made to feel less than dirt, do you accept that you are as you are treated or that you are as you choose to be?

Don’t let other people’s perceptions of you define you. Hold yourself to a certain standard and watch everyone else change or leave. It’s not easy, of course. But it is very useful.

Filed Under: Beliefs, Depression, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Finding peace, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth

Are difficult people really doing the best they can?

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Are difficult people really doing the best they can?
Are difficult people really doing the best they can?
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Are difficult people really doing the best they can?
November 14, 2021
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Everyone is capable of improving themselves, at least in the way they treat others.

The problem is that some people are not ready to change. At least, not in the moment. So sometimes we have to see people for who they are today, not who we, or they, believe they will become tomorrow.

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Filed Under: Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Marriage, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People Tagged With: Can hurtful people change?, When will they stop emotionally abusing me?, Why can't they see they are hurting me?

Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible

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Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible
Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible
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Keep your power by giving yourself one of the greatest gifts possible
December 22, 2019
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It’s important to bounce back from the setbacks and always move forward so that you aren’t drowning in the anger, sadness, or upset from the past.

Sometimes even present circumstances can be enough to stall your forward momentum. This is why it’s vital to make sure you recharge your personal power so that you are no longer a victim to the world and can start taking charge of your life.

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Control, Decisions, Emotional Abuse, Empathy, Healthy Thinking, Human Potential, Negative Emotions, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Therapy, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: compromising yourself for the relationship, Take responsibility for your own life, The greatest gift you can give yourself

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