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How to Identify Justifying

 

Justifying is another top tactic abusers use in harming their partners. 

"JUST as if I never sinned". This is the approach abusers take with their partners. They always put the responsibility on you because in their eyes...

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How to Identify Spiritualizing

 

Spiritualizing is one of the most harmful ways an abuser hurts their partner in terms of the damage it causes.

Spiritualizing takes spiritual ideals like the scriptures and uses them to control, harm, and avoid...

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How To Identify Rationalizing

 

Patrick Doyle talks about how rationalizing is the fourth top tactic abusers use that harm the person they are in a relationship with.

Rationalizing at its core is excuse making. An abuser makes an excuse for their harmful...

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How To Identify Minimizing

 

Patrick Doyle shares how minimizing is another top tactic he has seen abusers use to avoid responsibility for their harmful behavior.

With minimizing, the abuser takes an event of harm and tries to make it less problematic....

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How To Identify Blame Shifting

 

Patrick Doyle shares how blame shifting is another top tactic abusers use that harm the person they are in a relationship with.

Blame shifting is very common in emotional abuse. When there is an issue between two people, the...

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How To Identify Gaslighting

 

Patrick Doyle talks about gaslighting and why it is one of the top tactics abusers use that harm the person they are in a relationship with.

When an abuser gaslights you, they get you to doubt your own understanding of what...

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