Will My Partner Be Violent After I Leave?
How to predict violence after leaving an abuser By DomesticShelters.org We know that leaving is the most dangerous time for a domestic violence survivor. Abusers often lash out in an…
4 Tips To Get Kids Back to School Safely After Abuse
How to ensure kids are physically and emotionally safe at school after experiencing domestic violence By Shelley Flannery You recently escaped domestic abuse with school-aged children, and now it’s almost…
How to spot gaslighting: 6 things that gaslighters say to manipulate you
By Ashley Laderer Gaslighting happens when an abuser tries to control a victim by twisting their sense of reality. An example of gaslighting would be a partner doing something abusive…
How to Survive Gaslighting
Four tactics for learning to trust your intuition again By Shelley Flannery I know what happened. I’m not imagining things. Am I imagining things? He’s right, I must be imagining…
Gaslighting: Could You Be Missing the Signs?
Psychological abuse so subtle, you may not even realize it’s happening By DomesticShelters.org Gaslighting is a term that describes a type of emotional and psychological abuse in which an abuser…
What Is Toxic Triangulation?
Abusers can turn a survivor’s friends, family and children against them through harmful fabrications By Stephanie Thurrott Some abusers use a tactic called toxic triangulation as one more way to…
Perspecticide: Erased by Your Partner
The harsh reality of "perspecticide" in a coercive control relationship Apr 18, 2016 By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD Living with an abusive and controlling partner can feel like living in…
Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part IV
Narcissists enjoy making malicious remarks at a survivor's expense By Shahida Arabi In Parts I, II and III of Shahida Arabi's piece on toxic people, we learned 15 ways abusive…
Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part III
Toxic partners tend to insult and devalue their exes, which is a warning sign for your future By Shahida Arabi In Parts I and II of Shahida Arabi's piece on…
Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part II
Does your abuser shift blame, change the subject, name-call or nitpick? By Shahida Arabi In Part I of Shahida Arabi's piece, we learned about four ways toxic people such as…