Is it reactive abuse or a normal response to emotionally abusive behavior?
Love and Abuse
Paul Colaianni
4.6 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Am I the abuser? It's a question I get a lot. In this episode, I want to make sure you're aware of reactive abuse and how you can be pushed to the limit and become what some may see as abusive.
However, don't be fooled into thinking you are an abusive person if you were pushed to that limit by an abusive person. Everyone, even the most calm, passive people, has a limit. And almost everyone will break when pushed over the edge.
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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 Koliati. |
| 0:36.3 | Thanks for joining me for another episode of love and abuse. I hope you are doing well today. |
| 0:39.1 | I want to let you know that all information on this show is meant for educational purposes only. Always seek a professional for your mental |
| 0:43.7 | health and well-being and always pick your battles wisely. Today I'm going to read you an email |
| 0:49.3 | that I received that I wanted to answer on the air because it's a question I'm asked often. |
| 0:56.4 | And there's a little angle to this I'm going to take as well. |
| 0:58.4 | But the question that I get asked often is, am I the emotional abuser? |
| 1:04.2 | Am I the abusive one? |
| 1:05.6 | Am I the one doing the bad behavior or the hurtful behavior? |
| 1:10.1 | And I did have an episode on this probably about a year ago from this recording. |
| 1:17.7 | And let me see what it's called. |
| 1:19.5 | It is called, Are You the Emotionally Abusive One? |
| 1:24.0 | Finding Out If You Are Emotionally Abusive? |
| 1:26.6 | Actually, that's the title of the article, |
| 1:28.8 | but the episode is called Are You the Manipulative One? So if you go to my website, love and |
| 1:33.5 | abuse.com, you'll find it titled, Are You the Emotionally Abusive One? But if you listen to |
| 1:38.3 | a podcast player, it'll be called, are you the manipulative one? And it's a great question because a lot of people don't |
| 1:46.1 | exactly know what emotional abuse consists of. And my last episode, I did talk about what emotional |
| 1:53.4 | abuse is. And of course, every episode I talk about that, but I think it's helpful to know what it is, |
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