Update added March, 2025. Lundy Bancroft has now been exposed as a predator. Any red lettering in the post below is part of this update. [End of March, 2025 update.] Our society is replete with philosophies that say that when something bad happens between two people, they have each played a part in why the injurious… Continue reading Thursday Thought — “Everyone Needs to Look at Their Part”
Don’t Get Sucked in by the “Hoovering” Vacuum of the Abuser
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there. (Gen 24:6) A "Hoover" is a metaphor taken from the popular brand of vacuum cleaners, to describe how an abuse victim (trying to assert her own rights by leaving or limiting contact in a dysfunctional relationship), gets “sucked back… Continue reading Don’t Get Sucked in by the “Hoovering” Vacuum of the Abuser
