Facing, Escaping and Healing from Emotional Abuse
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Facing, Escaping and Healing from Emotional Abuse |
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Being a victim of emotional abuse can be more addicting and blinding than alcohol and more difficult to break free from. As a victorious survivor, Susan Carter lists her recommendations for how to make it through and heal from this painful transition.
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"The hardest part for me was realizing that for all those years I was 50% guilty because I let him get away with how he treated me."
"It's amazing how a women who can be so strong in other regards can be so weak when it comes to standing up to her man."
"This is one time when an ultimatum is appropriate. Either they go to counseling and seek change or they face divorce. They only have about a 5% chance of changing because the borderline personality type is so difficult to acknowledge and overcome; but you owe it to them to try this last resort. Then you owe it to yourself and to him and to your children to get out."
 | Codependents Anonymous - email "They let me tell my sob story the first time, but after that they were very tough on me in a loving way. That's what I needed." |
| Online Recovery Codependents Forum |
| Book: Men who Hate Women, and the Women Who Love Them by Susan Forward and Joan Torres - Susan Carter's favorite book on this subject |
| Book: Emotional Blackmail : When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward, Donna Frazier |
| Book: I Hate You-Don't Leave Me : Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J., M.D. Kreisman, et al |
| Look up: 'Borderline Personality Disorders' |
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With the Enemy (1991) -- Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin; VHS "I've not seen it but I know what it's about. It would be too painful to watch" |
| List of Resources by BellaOnline.com - Great list of helpful links. |
| Codependancy - by 'Ascend.' Not recommended. Too much blame placed on 'disorders' as though it were only a genetic or chemical thing and not a choice which in turn manifests the resulting 'disorder' symptoms. |
This page created on February 5, 2001
Last updated on June 21, 2005
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