Ep173 - How abusers keep control over us

About this episode

This episode discusses how abusers maintain control over their victims long after the abusive situation has ended, particularly focusing on the impact of childhood experiences.

In this episode we will talk about how abusers keep control over us - even long after we are out of that situation it can still apply. Especially if we were children at the time and we learned this to be “normal”. We need to understand to recognize and unlearn it. We first talk about abuse language, then always on edge, then redefining normal, then always assumed guilty, then sabotaging skills, then sugar and pain and then isolation. https://www.choosingtherapy.com/narcissistic-manipulation-...

People in this episode

Host: Johanna Draconis

Topics covered

• abuse control
• manipulation
• childhood trauma
• recognizing abuse
• unlearning behavior
• isolation

Keywords

• C-PTSD
• abuse language
• redefining normal
• sabotaging skills
• narcissistic manipulation
• emotional control
• trauma recovery

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