@elly.psychologist: Feeling trapped in an emotionally abusive relationship doesn't mean you actually are, even when it feels completely real. That sense of having no way out is often something that's been built deliberately over time, through comments designed to make you doubt whether you'd cope alone, find anyone else, or be loved like this again. It works by eroding your trust in your own judgement, which is exactly why it can feel safer to stay and conform than to question it. Some of what keeps people stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship is emotional, fear that's been slowly instilled. Some of it is genuinely practical, money, children, shared resources, and knowing which one you're dealing with changes what actually helps. The other thing worth focusing on is independence. An emotionally abusive relationship tends to shrink your world on purpose, controlling finances, movement, who you speak to, until the relationship becomes the only reality you have left to measure things against. Rebuilding things that are just yours, friendships, work, a course, therapy, isn't a small detail. It's what starts to loosen the grip, because it gives you something outside the relationship to see clearly from. You have more control here than it currently feels like you do Official accounts and resources: www.ellyanastasiades.com #emotionalabuse #emotionallyabusiverelationship #relationshipabuse #relationshipissues #relationshiptok

Elly | Counseling Psychologist

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