I recently made a post on our Facebook page about making a child feel that it is not safe to love both parents equally. It is so clear that this creates psychological damage that destroys the child from the inside out.
What amazed me about this post was how many people know this assault on their own children and live the consequences of its effect. We heard from people publicly and privately by message and email, again and again long after the post.
In other writings, I have addressed how to help your child affected by domestic violence by proxy and parental alienation. In this article, I seek to help parents suffering from this horrific psychosocial crime.
How do I survive living in an abusive relationship? How do I cope? How do I disengage from the abuse dynamics and take care of myself all while remaining in my long-standing marriage?
Many domestic abuse survivors want to improve on their survival strategies. They seek advise on how to deal with an abusive situation and stand out from the line of fire. These women (and men) are usually in their 50’s and 60’s, and they prefer not to end their marriages.
