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Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part II

Does your abuser shift blame, change the subject, name-call or nitpick?  | In Part I of Shahida Arabi's piece, we learned about four ways toxic pe... read more
20 Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part I

Learn the ways some abusers with mental illness negate responsibility for their choices | Toxic people such as malignant narcissists, psychopaths and those with anti... read more
3 Ways to Listen to Your Gut

Your intuition is trying to warn you of danger ... are you ignoring it? | It’s likely we’ve all met that person at some point in our lives that makes us take a paus... read more
The Deaf Endure Domestic Violence More Than Hearing

The unique challenges this population faces | Dealing with domestic violence is hard for everyone. But the deaf and hard of hearing face unique challenges others do... read more
The Mind-Trip That Is Emotional Abuse

How to recognize the signs of an abuse that leaves no bruises | People often think that domestic violence means physical hostility—fistfights, shoving matches, hair... read more
Exclusive Webinar, Chat by DV Expert Lundy Bancroft

Bancroft wants to share new information with survivors and professionals on the reasons why abusers do what they do | For the first time ever, acclaimed speaker, co... read more
High-Tech Stalking Tactics

How abusers are faking phone calls and tracking victims through their online photos | Technology has given us many gifts: Phones that are also cameras. Cars th... read more
Are Absentee Parents Abusive?

Why a parent might check out of their child’s life, and the ramifications it can have | Maybe your partner is present in your life, but not in the lives of your chi... read more
Abusers Go Online

Just as technology expands, so do the ways abusers harass their victims | Cyber-abuse once was narrowly thought of as cyberbullying and online name-calling, and was... read more
Women as the Abusers

One shelter has begun seeing more male survivors step forward than ever | When you think about victims of domestic violence, is the first image that comes to mind a ... read more
When Abusers Threaten Revenge Porn

When abusers share sexually explicit images without your permission | Nothing ever really disappears from the Internet, and that’s exactly the threat some abusers a... read more
10 Patterns of Verbal Abuse

This form of abuse can be harder to recognize than you may think | It can sound like name-calling, constantly correcting someone’s behavior or yelling at, denouncin... read more
Gaslighting: Could You Be Missing the Signs?

Psychological abuse so subtle, you may not even realize it’s happening | Gaslighting is a term that describes a type of emotional and psychological abuse in which a... read more
When Incest Accompanies Domestic Violence

The sexual assault hotline director of RAINN answers questions on this tough topic | It’s a difficult issue that few want to think about, much less discuss, yet man... read more
Danger Assessment Could Predict if an Abuser Will Kill

Why it’s important to talk to an advocate if you answer yes to these questions | In 1986, Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, domestic violence advocate and professor at the... read more