What’s Wrong With You? How to Deal With Negativity in Abusive Relationships

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Have you ever noticed how some people gravitate toward what’s wrong over what’s right? They spontaneously latch onto what may be problematic as though indulging in it makes them the problem solver.

It postures them from a place of “elevation.” At least that is how it appears to them from its onset…until one realizes they are in the pits hovering over a “problem.”

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Abusive Relationships – Why You Can’t Say “No” in Your Abusive Relationship

by Dr. Jeanne King, PhD.

“If there is something that you want from me and it is not naturally forthcoming from me, then I’m in trouble.” Sound familiar?

If you know domestic abuse firsthand, then you know the fear of an abusive partner’s response to your not wanting to deliver that, which is requested of you. Whether you get a whine or a fist, you know there will be a price for your saying, “no.”

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Abusive Relationship Dynamics – Control and Battering in Abusive Relationships

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Who is the domestic abuser if she is getting hit and he is being controlled? Him…her …or both.

Things are not always black and white even when you are dealing with the black and blue. Some people will want you to believe that there is only one victim, and it must be either her or him.

But the fact is…

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