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Have you ever seen the Power Wheel?
The Wheel of Power and Control is a psychological tool to help both victims and abusers identify abusive behaviors in relationships. I had never heard of it until the other day, it covers a surprising amount of things.
Why did my loving mom die but I’m stuck with an abusive dad?
Why was i born to a s**ty dad but amazing mom but my mom was the one who died? My life sucks! MY DAD JUST BITCHES AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSES ME!! HE ALWAYS COMPLAINS AND IS SO NEGATIVE AND DEPRESSING! AND TREATS ME LIKE SHIT,...
Did I make a mistake giving a stalker-type guy a chance?
I need some perspective because my head is spinning. There’s this guy who was pursuing me for a while, and honestly? It was bad. I told him I wasn't interested, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. He was aggressive,...
Have you ever experienced an abusive relationship with a parent?
I have very much so with my father...
How do you heal and move on after cutting off a toxic father?
I haven't talked to my dad properly since I was 14 and I do miss the dad I had momentarily but over all he was not a good man and had caused me to date questionable men, I don't wish to have much of a contact with him...
How many beers cause drunkenness, DUI risk, or abusive behavior in men?
If a man is under 200 lbs, how much is too much to drive? And what are signs of an alcoholic and how do you know if someone will become abusive?
Why do some mothers turn emotionally abusive after the father leaves?
After today it just boils my blood how kids are treated because the father doesn’t wanna be with the mom. She bashes me, our family, and especially my brother. My nephew called and she hung the phone up. He wasn’t allowed...
Why do ex's get triggered when the people they left are better off without them?
I can give a few examples off this. My best friend's wife left him a few years ago. Not only is he happy, he is married to someone who is in my opinion superior in every way to his ex, and the reason his ex left him, I'm...
Have you ever felt your past struggles secretly prepared you for success?
When I was in university, I had one T. A. who appeared to be jealous of me because they told me they gave me a lower mark than I expected because I used a lot of big words and sounded pretentious, and arrogant in my...
Are there any situations where cheating is morally justified or understandable?
Most of us can agree cheating is morally wrong, but are there situations where it's justified or understandable? What about someone trapped in a withheld divorce? A person in an abusive relationship, desperate for a way...
Why is hitting back at abusive parents taboo in Latino families?
One of my friends who happens to be Mexican-American slapped back her mother for the first time. The mother was smacking her around for accidentally burning the lentils. It's not the first time her mother would fly of the...
How do you get past unrequited love?
It’s been several months and I still don’t feel the same. We met by accident, she asked me out, and I had an amazing time. Later on, I learned she had a difficult life, struggled with addiction, and had a troubled past....
What advice would you give someone leaving a good spouse for ‘no reason’?
This happened with my sister in law. She is known for hopping from man to man, until she married the last one. she's 33. She comes to my wife and i and says She wants to leave her husband, the father of her kids. He...
How do I heal years-long depression after being devalued by a guy?
I don’t feel like I’m enough.. I don’t know how to shake this depressive , heavy mood off my spirit after briefly talking to a man who I thought actually liked me. Once he realized sex wasn’t going to be involved in which...
My male colleague and best work friend started ignoring me. I asked why and he said bc he’s attracted to me?
I have a close friend at work and we’ve always had chemistry but he’s engaged and I respect that. I never tried crossing any boundaries and we often had lunch or just chatted about work issues for support. I messaged him...
Why Most People Never Grow Past High School
We hear it often. People in adulthood still acting like teenagers, or we talk about how our workplace is “so much like high school.” And even adult relationships can still be like that of teens having their first...
Is being slightly possessive a red flag, or something I need to address?
There’s a man I like who likes me. We’ve agreed to date one day, but we haven’t started dating yet and he subtly checks my iPhone messages, leans over and looks when I receive a new text message from one of my many guy or...
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