When abuse makes you feel beyond repair, healing can feel impossible. But you are not broken, you are in the process of reclaiming yourself. Learn how to rebuild self-trust, heal from trauma, and rediscover your inner strength.

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After a breakup, abusers often use hidden tactics to maintain control and harm their ex-partner, including manipulating the legal system, children, and shared responsibilities.

There is a misunderstanding that needs to be addressed - the concept of 'mutual abuse' in relationships is not accurate and can harm those involved. Almost always, there will be a primary aggressor and primary victim.

Psychological abuse involves using tactics to control someone's thoughts. Abusers make the victim feel crazy, manipulate them, or threaten them. Emotional abuse controls a person's emotions and causes distress. Abusers belittle, blame, and humiliate their victims.

It's easy to mix up conflict and abuse, but it's important to understand that while healthy disagreements can foster growth in a relationship, abuse is never acceptable and involves one person harming or excerting control over another.

Being in a toxic relationship can make you feel exhausted, trapped, and alone. Emotional abuse, negativity, and manipulation can cause strong feelings of loneliness that are difficult to escape. 

Recovering from a toxic relationship includes recognising the pain, removing negative influences from your life, and finding happiness on your own. Toxic relationships can damage your self-esteem and sense of self, so it's important to practice self-love to heal and find yourself again after a breakup.