Can depression be used for manipulation?
Love and Abuse
Paul Colaianni
4.6 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
There can be some good excuses for hurtful behavior. With some excuses, it can be hard to differentiate between fact and fiction.
When someone uses their condition or illness to manipulate or control you, it can make it that much more difficult to get out from under their spell.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Love and Abuse, the show about helping you identify poisonous communication and toxic behavior. |
| 0:07.4 | You deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. |
| 0:10.9 | That's why it's important that you learn to pinpoint manipulative and controlling behavior so that you keep your power and your sanity. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm your host, Paul Koliani. |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome to another episode of love and abuse. If this is your first time, then welcome to the show. And if you've been listening a while, I'm glad you're back. |
| 0:39.9 | Just remember all the information on the show is meant for educational purposes only. |
| 0:44.5 | Always seek a professional for your mental health and well-being. |
| 0:47.9 | And always pick your battles wisely. |
| 0:50.9 | I don't know if you know anyone that you have to pick your battles with. |
| 0:55.4 | I've known people like that. |
| 0:57.9 | And it's just not worth it. |
| 1:00.5 | It's just not worth getting into some conversations with certain people about certain things. |
| 1:06.7 | You have to converse with certain people sometimes. |
| 1:09.0 | But you know those subject matter, |
| 1:11.8 | that subject matter that you can't get into because it'll just end badly. |
| 1:16.9 | But that's why I create this show. |
| 1:19.0 | I want to foster and help nurture healthy communication and help you make the healthiest relationship you can make. |
| 1:30.3 | If you have a healthy relationship, then you can speak your mind, be expressive, be honest, |
| 1:37.5 | and the repercussions of that won't be disastrous. |
| 1:42.4 | I think that is a sign of a healthy relationship is when you can speak your mind |
| 1:46.8 | and the repercussions aren't disastrous. |
| 1:50.8 | That could look like a lot of things, I know, but I think you know what I mean. |
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