by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

“Why do I believe what he/she has shouted at me over the years…even though a part of me knows it not to be true?” Men and women alike ask this question, again and again. Sound familiar to you?

Imagine going about your day and all being relatively well. Then out of the blue your partner steps in and hits you with verbal emotional abuse about how you are such____ and such____. And your being so is responsible for his/her disastrous predicament. It’s all your fault!

Now here’s the issue. This image happens routinely—weekly, monthly, year after year. What might this do to you or to anyone in these shoes?

To read the complete article, please visit Why Do You Believe the Verbal Abuse In Marriage? – Cognitive Dissidence and The Verbal Attack

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