Love Bombing: When It Feels Like a Fairy Tale, Until It Doesn't
Love bombing is a term used to describe overwhelming displays of affection, attention, praise, gifts, or promises that may be used to establish influence or control over another person. The concern ar...
18 Loka 15min
Baiting: When Someone Pushes Your Buttons and Uses Your Reaction Against You
On today's episode we are talking about something called "Baiting". It has nothing to do with fishing!Baiting is an informal term for provoking someone in an attempt to elicit a response. In an abusiv...
17 Loka 13min
Hoovering: When They Try to Pull You Back In
Today's episode is not about vacuums I promise! I'm diving into something called, "Hoovering". It's when a person sucks you back into a relationship or into contact. This is used many times if you hav...
16 Loka 12min
Gray Rock: What It Is, When It May Help, and When It Can Be Dangerous
The idea is that your responses are as exciting as a dull rock.Your tears, your reactions, screams, or when you throw things this gives your abuser fuel. Don't give them what they want that is your en...
15 Loka 19min
Flying Monkeys: When Other People Become Part of the Abuse
Sorry for the giggle in today's episode. Flying Monkeys... For real! They do exist and not the Wizard of Oz kind but where people in our circle share information with the abuser. There is nothing cute...
14 Loka 12min
Emotional Blackmail: When Love Comes With Strings Attached Day 13
What is Emotional blackmail? Just a reminder, with this topic and the others I have covered over the past few days, anyone in your circle is capable of using this tactic. It's not just limited to a in...
14 Loka 10min
Why Does She Stay? Understanding the Barriers to Leaving an Abusive Relationship Day 12
Why does she stay?!One comment I see and hear often is, "Why Does She Stay?!" or "I would have left after the first punch!" There are many personal reasons a victim stays and these include in random o...
12 Loka 6min
Coercive Control: When Abuse Is About Control, Not Just Conflict Day 11
So, what is this? It's a pattern of behaviors that uses control, intimidation, isolation, manipulatesa person, or restrict another person's freedom.Like all the topics I have been discussing, it start...
11 Loka 31min
