The day that you make up in your mind that you will no longer put up with an emotionally or physically abusive partner, is the day that you are headed toward peace of mind.
You are now ready to focus on your future without the controlling individual dominating every aspect of your mind. It can be challenging to plan for the day you are officially free from an abuser, but you can do it! Encourage yourself! Take baby steps toward independence and don't allow anyone or anything to discourage you in your quest to break free from toxic programming.
Survivors, who were once victims, recognized just how brainwashed they were in their past miserable relationships of power and control. Abusers bully their victims. They make promises sometimes keeping them, other times breaking them. They dominate their lives with their demands. The longer you stay, the more they keep you under their thumb.
Expecting someone or a group to rescue you from the clutches of an abusive person just might not come because most people will assume you have enough sense to walk out the door. You can pray, talk with others, orchestrate an exit plan, but if your feet aren't walking, you are there to stay. For many victims, they never make it out alive.
When a victim is serious about moving on with his or her life, he or she makes an effort to leave. Victims who have finally awakened no longer make excuses for the abuse they incur. They are no longer weak to their abusers' charm or fearful of upsetting them. They know they can no longer put up with their mean partners, so they make up in their minds to leave.
You might be that one in a toxic relationship. You may need to protect children or you already sent them away, now it is time to prepare to get the abuser out of your dwelling or you leave until you have the support system to push him or her out.
Whatever you choose to do or whenever, just know that you can win! You can be free of the controlling partner if you are willing to let go--activate your faith this day and let God!
Nicholl McGuire
Based on a book with the same title written by Nicholl McGuire, this domestic and dating violence blog offers support to anyone who is laboring to love an emotionally or physically abusive partner. Feel free to explore numerous relationship and family issues. Please be advised to seek a professional for counsel on abuse. Contributors are not all licensed or trained in relationship counseling, domestic abuse, and teen dating violence. Please be advised this is a public blog.
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