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I’m a student in a Doctorate of Psychology Program working towards becoming a clinical psychologist. I have been a mental health practitioner for the last eight years and have not only experienced, but also witnessed emotional abuse time and again. I’m hoping to share my story with you so that as I learn how to keep my own life save, I can help someone along the way. Perhaps writing this blog will be cathartic. Perhaps it will not help me. But if it can help just one person out there, then it will all have been worth it. It’s time to end the cycle of abuse! Knowledge and understanding are our best keys to doing just that.

…I was only 17 when I thought I met the love of my life. We had only dated two weeks before “we” fell in love. It was about three weeks in when I learned he had another girlfriend, but I “was special”, so he broke up with her for me (I saw this happen via text). From there started a three year relationship that followed the typical patterns we see in emotional abuse: the tensions building, the explosion, the reconciliation, and then the calm. It’s fair to say we had a lot of explosions. Over time I will share my experiences with you from the last 11 years of my life so that maybe you learn the signs of emotional abuse that could help save yourself or someone you love.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton