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August 29, 2015

13 Lies Men Tell Themselves to Stay in Bad Relationships

Every now and again we tell ourselves lies in order to delay making difficult changes that we know are ultimately in our best interests. We justify, minimize, rationalize and avoid the issue either because we don’t want to face the negative consequences of change (e.g., alimony or less time with our children) or are deriving some benefit or secondary […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Borderline Personality Disorder, Divorce, Financial Abuse, Healing, High-Conflict, Marriage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice Tagged With: betrayal trauma, narcissistic abuse

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