5 Signs of Emotional Abuse in Your Relationship

They are tempting to overlook but toxic over time.
Over the past few months, many readers have contacted me after seeing my posts on the signs of emotional abuse in controlling relationships and how to begin to extract yourself from one. It is startling the number of otherwise “normal” people who are trapped in a long-standing abusive relationship that might make most people’s hair stand on end.
Even more subtle, however, are the toxic behaviors that a lot more of us have come to consider as “normal.”
Your relationship may be far from a classically controlling one, but there could still be indicators that you deserve far, far better.
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Of course, in these cases, it doesn’t absolutely mean that you need to end your relationship. Often, a few sessions with a couples therapist can help identify these problematic patterns and establish ways to get rid of them. Your success in overcoming these obstacles depends on you and your partner’s willingness to put effort into addressing the problem: Motivation often will be the difference between a relationship sinking or swimming in the long term.
In the meantime, the first step is to acknowledge the dysfunctional patterns. These are the most common and “innocuous” (though in reality anything but) toxic relationship red flags that I hear about in therapy and in my advice column.
Do you recognize — in you or your partner —...

Source: World of Psychology - December 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers Relationships YourTango Emotional Abuse toxic hehavior Toxic Relationships Source Type: blogs