How To Deal With Abusive Relationships
A good relationship can elevate your life in ways that you never thought were possible. A bad one can leave you heartbroken, depressed, and listless. Abusive relationships are more common than you might think, and their effects can often be crippling.
Abuse and unhealthy relationships are often baffling to people on the outside. Surely, if someone makes you miserable or is physically or emotionally abusive, the obvious decision is to leave them—right? The reality is often more complicated due to many factors, including finances, children, and emotions.
Build your social support
Explore ways to become more independent
Get help from professionals, including a therapist, attorney, or law enforcement
Cutt off contact with the other person
Care for yourself as you transition out of the abusive relationship
There are many different ways to cope with or escape an abusive relationship.
Is your relationship making you feel trapped or unhappy? Are you feeling stuck in this destructive relationship leaving you feeling anxious, depressed and confused? As well as impacting on your self-confidence.
If so relationship therapy can be helpful
So what are the signs that your relationship is abusive?
These include:
Controlling and jealousy lead to isolation
Power struggles and insistence on ‘winning’
Criticisms and blame – feeling you can’t do anything right
Putting people down and knocking confidence
Unhealthy pressure to see things one way
Other characteristics include…
People pleasing behaviour
Being isolated from friends or family
Feelings of anxiety, depression or low self esteem
Inability to relax or be yourself
How to Get Help
Attempting to escape an abusive relationship can be a truly frightening ordeal. However, it is one that doesn't need to be faced alone.
Here are steps to take after making the decision to leave the danger:
Map out a plan: This plan will list out the safe places you can escape to, as well as the people who can offer assistance and protection against your abuser.
Retain evidence of abuse: Take pictures of bruises and cuts, threatening text messages and emails, or other signs that show abuse by a partner should be kept safe and hidden when planning your escape.
Contact local help centers: Where possible, discreetly reach out to local centers that protect victims of domestic abuse for assistance with your plan to leave. They may also offer guidance for life after escape.
Using a variety of therapeutic techniques CBT and NLP with the integration of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy render it a successful way to identify and understand Trauma. This integrative approach aims to help individuals process and reframe traumatic memories reduce emotional triggers and overwhelming experiences and replace them with healthy coping strategies in a safe environment. This therapy can also help individuals develop coping mechanisms and reduce symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
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