Help For Getting Out Of An Abusive Marriage
No spouse deserves an abusive marriage, and no spouse should be expected, or talked into, staying in one either. Different Kinds of Abuse There are many forms of abuse. In the past, the focus was on physical abuse. But there are many other kinds of abuse that, although invisible, are…
Help Getting Out Of An Abusive Marriage
The term “abuse” is associated with physical, mental, emotional or verbal abuse. Although you might be tempted to think that physical abuse is the worst, none of these forms of abuse are worse than the other. All of these types of abuse are just that: abuse. Too many times, people…
When Your Spouse is Angry All the Time
Anger is contagious, which makes being married to someone who is angry all the time very difficult. It takes a lot of effort to not react emotionally to the other person’s anger and avoid becoming an angry person yourself. It’s also difficult to be compassionate towards an angry partner. And…
Relationship Advice: Abusive Marriages
MORE THAN PHYSICAL ABUSE Much is being said today about domestic violence and rightly so. No husband or wife should ever physically abuse their spouse, ever. But I’d like to broaden your concept of domestic violence to include other forms of abuse besides physical. I believe emotional abuse is a…
How To Manage Marital Power Struggles
POWER STRUGGLES ARE HERE TO STAY Anyone who has been married longer than five minutes realizes pretty quickly that power struggles are alive and well between husbands and wives today! You need to know how to manage them productively or else they can destroy your marriage. When we talk about…
Emotional Abuse: Identifying Spiritual Abusiveness In Marriage
What is the connection between emotional abuse and spiritual abusiveness? A subtle form (or not so subtle depending how you look at it) of emotional abuse sometimes experienced within marriage is spiritual abusiveness. The idea of spiritual abuse is a foreign concept to many people. So, what is it and…