Tag: coercive control

• The Shrink next door

  It’s hard to write today’s blog because it hurts my heart to remember back to the abusive relationship I was in and how much pain I went through at the time. I wrote a chapter about Anne in my Memoir but watching appleTV’s series “The Shrink next door” and seeing a sweet, vulnerable man go […]

  janetdthomas77

  November 25, 2021

  abuse, coercive control, family, Fears, Friends, Life, loss, narcissist, Relationships

  abuse, coercive control, conniving, destruction, lies, manipulation, pain, profoundhurt

• Good memories

  March 07, 2017 In an effort not to combust from all the RAGE I’m experiencing – here is a happy moment in my life a like to reflect on from time to time… When I was struggling under the weight of control “Gareth” had over me…on one of the rare afternoons Gareth wasn’t home “watching […]

  janetdthomas77

  April 24, 2021

  abuse, coercive control, dating, Fears, Friends, Life, love, mental illness, Relationships

  boys, boys who are friends, coercive control, Friends, friendship, Relationships

• Thank you

  I used to date a scary, incredibly abusive guy. When HE decided to leave ME (the only way the relationship was going to end because I’d bonded with my captor), Dad agreed to drive us both to the airport. We watched Gavin’s suitcases, TV (yes, he took the only TV ‘we’ had in ‘our’ apartment) […]

  janetdthomas77

  February 21, 2021

  abuse, coercive control, dating, Fears, Life, Relationships

  abuse, anxiety, boys, coercive control, fear