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The abuse victim’s perspective – Step-parents and step-children – When honoring yourself leads to loneliness

The abuse victim's perspective – Step-parents and step-children – When honoring yourself leads to loneliness
The abuse victim's perspective – Step-parents and step-children – When honoring yourself leads to loneliness
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The abuse victim's perspective – Step-parents and step-children – When honoring yourself leads to loneliness
November 5, 2017

Why don’t abuse victims leave the relationship? The world can look at someone who is clearly being abused by their partner and say things like, “Why don’t you just leave?” But the abuse victim’s reality is a lot different from those who’ve not experienced what it’s like to have an abused mind.

Their perceptions and beliefs about the world are entirely different than ours so leaving isn’t the easy path others make it out to be. Segment 1 is all about the perspective of the abuse victim and why it’s not as easy to leave the abuser as it may appear to others.

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Filed Under: abuse, Ask Paul, Children, Control, Divorce, Emotional Abuse, Family, Human Potential, Loneliness, Manipulation, Marriage, Narcissism, Personal Boundaries, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: Emotional Abuse, Step-parents and step-children, The abuse victim's perspective, verbal abuse, When honoring yourself leads to loneliness

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