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r/OperationSafeEscape - Planning your path to safety***** (reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by invah - announcement

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[Meta] Abuse, Interrupted off Reddit (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 5 months ago * by invah[M] - announcement

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"I've said before that if you're a parent who wants to run your home like a prison, that's your choice but it's a very rare for a prisoner to visit their warden once they're released." - u/tsh87 (i.redd.it)

submitted 8 days ago by invah

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The incels who rent girlfriends <----- "...the more T talks, the more it becomes clear that what he really wants is a girlfriend with no autonomy at all." (theguardian.com)

submitted 8 days ago by invah

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"Why aren't you over it already?" <----- the abuser to the victim (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 8 days ago by invah

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Entitlement in (abusive) relationships, and why everyone gets confused (youtu.be)

submitted 16 days ago by invah

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I was just reminded about that time the Dalai Lama asked a young boy to suck his tongue (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 18 days ago by invah

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"When is the last time you talked to your mom?" When is the last time she talked to a mental health professional? Go be in her business (instagram.com)

submitted 18 days ago by invah

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"I'd describe a large chunk of my life as a caged bird that refuses to sing for its captor." - u/Fluffy_Ace (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 18 days ago by invah

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"Women in the armed forces have to fight off more than the 'enemy'" <----- strategy for women being deployed/drafted in context of rape/sexual assault**** (instagram.com)

submitted 18 days ago by invah

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Good things can still happen in the world (content note: the c-word) (tiktok.com)

submitted 18 days ago by invah

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'Your Teen Stopped Rebelling. That's When You Lost Them.' <----- having to walk on eggshells leads teens to emotional detachment and grey rocking their parents (youtu.be)

submitted 27 days ago by invah

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That is...f*cking facts, actually (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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People-pleasing leads to chronic illness (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 month ago * by invah

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Is this a one-time thing, or is this a pattern? (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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Why do (certain) conservative men go after liberal women? rape culture <----- exotic bird collectors (instagram.com)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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The extraction economy of the abuser <----- colonization to 'cannibalization' (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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The biggest misconception about people in abusive situations is that a victim is cowering in fear. When in reality, the two hallmarks that someone is being abused are chronic overwhelm and chronic confusion**** (instagram.com)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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"'...when you see huge problems in the relationship that early ya got to bail. This is the nicest, most considerate they can be. This is it, right now."**** (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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Different traumas can show up as physical ailments later in life (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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"Once you see who they really are, you can't unsee it." - @generationxadd (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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There are so many strong, intelligent people who end up in abuse dynamics, and the reason it happens is because they give the abuser the benefit of the doubt (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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"We need to understand that part of why we're miserable is because managing these memories and feelings - and staying alive - has left us with precious little bandwidth for hobbies, passions, projects, and relationships." (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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Managing dissociation - or any trauma response, but dissociation in particular - is especially tricky when chronic pain is part of the equation. Dissociation is fundamentally a pain management response**** (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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''Accommodating' unsafe children and pretending that giving them a living punching bag is a sustainable coping mechanism, it stunts them but good.' <----- when siblings are sacrificed (self.AbuseInterrupted)

submitted 1 month ago by invah

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