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How to help someone stuck in a controlling and abusive relationship

Sometimes abuse could come as verbal and mental not just physical

Emotionally abusive relationship can ruin your self esteem.

You may know someone who is stuck in this kind of relationship but you have no idea on how to save them from ruining themselves. Sometimes abuse could come as verbal and mental not just physical.

According to Isabella Carson of Healthy Black Woman, their partners will talk down on them, isolate them, and coerce them to do whatever they want. In between these periods of abuse they will show affection so that they can string the person along and keep them around.  If you know someone in a relationship like this you must be very careful about what you say as you could make the situation even worse. Here are some ways to help a friend stuck in a controlling relationship from Dr. Lisa Aronson Fontes:

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