Pattern Blindness: Why No One Believes You Until It's Too Late
About this episode
Jessica Knight discusses pattern blindness and its impact on survivors of coercive control.
In this episode I break down pattern blindness, one of the least talked about reasons survivors stay stuck in self-doubt. I explain why family court and even well-meaning friends tend to evaluate coercive control one incident at a time rather than seeing the system those incidents create together. I talk about my own experience trying to name what was happening in a past relationship, why the cycle of tension, rupture, and reconciliation keeps hope alive, and why documenting the pattern matte...
Topics covered
- pattern blindness
- coercive control
- self-doubt
- family court
- relationships
- documenting patterns
Keywords
- pattern blindness
- coercive control
- self-doubt
- family court
- relationships
- tension
- reconciliation
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