Imagine that your neighbor built a section of fence from wooden posts and boards. At first the fence stands solid and straight, but after a couple of years, it begins to lean. You discover a secret; the posts weren’t sunk deep enough, so with each windstorm, the boards become sails and intensify the lean. A … Continue reading Control by suicide
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Control
When we say we were abused while in a controlling relationship, we sure had that right. What we might have missed is that we were doing our own share of controlling. What? Did I read that right? Yes, I’ve learned that I can be a controlling person, even though I was brutally abused by a … Continue reading Control
When the Abuser is a Woman
Abuse is a human issue – a struggle for power and control that pays little mind to gender, race, culture, or age. I believe that female abusers are severely underreported because male targets are particularly reluctant to admit to being abused. Male targets of abuse might be stereotyped as weak and hen-pecked, but my experience … Continue reading When the Abuser is a Woman
