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May 29, 2013

Abused Men: How Covert Abuse Begins, Part One

This week on the Shrink4Men Forum, members began a thread titled, The Covert Abuse Handbook. In the thread, forum members share their experiences of abuse and the abuse they have witnessed beloved brothers, sons and friends suffer. Abusive personalities typically follow similar patterns of behavior. Men and women who frequent Shrink4Men often remark upon how alike […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Dating, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationships, Sexual Abuse Tagged With: abuse, abused men, abusive women, covert abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, Professional Victims

September 29, 2011

Covert Abuse: How to Handle the “Quiet Ones,” Part Two

Here is Part Two of Covert Abuse: Watch Out for the Quiet Ones, Part One written by CrazyBuster, SSG. SSG offers some great suggestions for handling the “quiet ones.” The following tips are also good advice for handling the “loud ones.” How to Handle a “Quiet One” or a Covert Abuser Based on what I […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Financial Abuse, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Stalking and Harassment, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive personality-disordered individuals, abusive women, APDI, BIFF, borderline waif, boundaries, covert abuse, covert abusers, CrazyBusters, CrazyBusting, emotional terrorism, emotional terrorists, HCP, high-conflict divorce, high-conflict ex, high-conflict people, manipulation, parental alienation, quiet ones, SSG, therapy

September 21, 2011

Covert Abuse: Watch Out for the Quiet Ones, Part One

The following article is written by another CrazyBuster, SSG. SSG and her husband have found ways to manage his high-conflict ex who is more subtle in her emotional terrorism. She’s more of a “quiet one” or covert abuser. Next week, I’ll post Covert Abuse: Watch Out for the Quiet Ones, Part Two. The second post […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Blame, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, High-Conflict, Marriage, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Professional Victims, Psychological Abuse, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Stalking and Harassment, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: abused men, abusive women, borderline personality disorder, borderline waif, covert abuse, covert abusers, parental alienation, passive-aggressive

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