Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
A member of my ex's family complained when I divorced. She didn't side with my ex saying he hadn't done anything wrong — she admitted that ex had done wrong. Instead, she complained about my behavior. She claimed I wasn’t being nice in how I handled the separation and divorce. According to her, I wasn’t… Continue reading Leaving an Abusive Relationship Isn’t Easy (part 1) — Will he hear my “no”? Should I let him down easy?
The term codependent is often used to describe the relationship between victims of abuse and their abusers, whether the description is made by a counselor, therapist, friend, or an author. It is easy to find online articles that link codependency and domestic abuse. For example, one article I found is titled, "DOMESTIC ABUSE: C is for Codependency"… Continue reading Are Abuse Victims Codependent?
