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Taking the blame for their behavior

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Taking the blame for their behavior
Taking the blame for their behavior
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Taking the blame for their behavior
September 20, 2020
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Are you taking the blame for other people’s bad behavior more often than you should?

If so, maybe there’s something a bit more covert going on that you need to know about.

Some people have mastered the art of painting you into a corner. Because of that, you will feel responsible even when it’s clear they are the ones behaving badly.

If you want to learn how to counter this type of behavior, keep reading. 

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Filed Under: Behavior, Communication, Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Marriage, Podcast Episode, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic People Tagged With: I always take the blame, I feel like I am to blame for everything, My partner always blames me

What to do when the judgments come out of you

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What to do when the judgments come out of you
What to do when the judgments come out of you
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What to do when the judgments come out of you
September 9, 2020
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Are you judgmental toward those you love? In this episode, I talk about how your judgments can dissolve the love in your relationship. What can you do to heal from being judgmental?

The road to healing from judging others can be challenging, but the emotional and relationship rewards are too rich to pass up. 

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Filed Under: anger, Control, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Triggers, Judgment, Manipulation, Marriage, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: My partner is always criticizing me, My partner is so judgmental toward me, My wife is always judging me, Why husband judges everything I do

Dealing with those passive aggressive, negative, so hard to be around people that you just hope get it one day

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Dealing with those passive aggressive, negative, so hard to be around people that you just hope get it one day
Dealing with those passive aggressive, negative, so hard to be around people that you just hope get it one day
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Dealing with those passive aggressive, negative, so hard to be around people that you just hope get it one day
May 26, 2019
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Passive-aggressive behavior is a way to convey anger and upset to someone indirectly. It takes the form of comments that are meant to hurt, but hard to spot as hurtful.

Passive-aggressive comments are forms of poisonous communication that can erode love and connection.

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Filed Under: anger, Communication, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Withdrawal, Judgment, Lying, Manipulation, Podcast Episode Tagged With: Dealing with passive aggressive behavior, How to deal with someone being passive aggressive

Judgment – The Ultimate Relationship Destroyer

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img-6Judgment can be one of the most damaging weapons in a relationship. It tells your partner that it’s not okay to be themselves.

This builds resentment in them and will eventually corrode even the most intimate relationships. Even if your relationship survives the corrosive effect of judgment, it still suffers.

This article explains how your emotional triggers form your judgments and how judging those closest to you can make you and everyone else around you miserable.

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Filed Under: abuse, Behavior, Beliefs, childhood, Control, Dysfunction, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Triggers, Emotional Withdrawal, Guilt, Judgment, Manipulation, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Relationships Tagged With: how to stop judging, Husband is so critical of me, judging in marriage, judging in relationship, judging my wife, Partner is always criticizing me

My Healing Journey from Being an Emotional Abuser

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Emotional abuse is the ultimate brainwashing technique. It often hides in the form of feigned helplessness, generosity, compassion, and love. The perpetrator knows how to appear kind and caring while intertwining abusive behavior, causing the person on the receiving end to become powerless.

Emotional abuse is a method of controlling, manipulating, belittling, and invalidating a person over time. It is often hard to spot in the moment as it can be seen as benign or even “normal” to most observers.

But as this behavior is repeated time and time again, the insidious compound effect of this form of hidden abuse causes its victims to lose confidence in themselves, stop trusting in their own decisions, feel devalued and unimportant, and blame themselves for being the cause of, and sometimes even deserving, of the abusive behavior.

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    Filed Under: Abandonment, Blog article, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Healing, Emotional Withdrawal, Empathy, Judgment, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Relationships, Toxic Behavior, Toxic Thinking Tagged With: Am I emotionally abusive?, Can the emotional abuser change?, how do I stop being emotionally abusive?

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