A dread game is a manipulation tactic designed to keep you in chronic fear of abandonment. Learn the signs, the psychological impact, and how to break free.
Psycho-Emotional Abuse
Post-separation abuse continues after you leave. Tactics, lethality risk, and safety planning — backed by peer-reviewed research.
Identify the different types of narcissistic abuse to gain clarity and strength against emotional manipulation and coercive control.
Financial abuse often accompanies other forms of control. Discover how to identify and address this pervasive issue.
Narcissistic abuse often triggers self-isolation. Survivors seek solace and retreat inward from family and friends. Isolation offers temporary comfort and safety. However, it soon becomes a self-imposed prison. This retreat limits their psycho-social well-being. It negatively impacts a survivor’s quality of life.1 As a result, isolation acts as a behavioral response to overwhelm. For traumatized people, it becomes a habitual coping mechanism. This…
Can narcissistic abuse cause psychosis? Learn how emotional manipulation can lead to severe mental health issues, including psychosis.
Reflections on the role of attachment disorders in addiction as well as family- and intimate partner violence.
The narcissistic abuse cycle often begins with an intense period of love bombing followed by a shift to devaluation. As the relationship deteriorates, the recipient of the abuse often desperately seeks to restore the initial connection, only to be met with increasing coldness and criticism. Indifference then seeps in, marking the final stage before the relationship ends with an inevitable…
Massachusetts House unanimously passes Bill H 4744 to ban coercive control and revenge porn awaiting Gov. Healey’s signature for enactment.
“Why didn’t you just leave?” is a question bystanders often ask coercive control survivors. It shows the urgent need for increased awareness.