Six reasons you may feel guilty about leaving an emotionally abusive person

Love and Abuse

Paul Colaianni

Mental Health, Lies, Emotional, Health & Fitness, Psychological, Society & Culture, Deception, Manipulation, Narcissism, Verbal, Abuse, Relationships

4.6 • 816 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

If you've considered leaving an emotionally abusive person and feel guilty having those thoughts, you need to make sure your guilt is justified and not implanted or based on a false premise. When guilt seeps in, it can stop you from making decisions that are right for you.

Decisions based on guilt can sometimes backfire, and you may find yourself back in the same situation you were before. Try not to make relationship decisions based on guilt. When you do that, it can backfire on you, and you may find yourself in the same position you were in before.

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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.
0:37.3	Welcome to another episode of love and abuse. If this is your first time, then welcome to the show. All the information
0:39.0	on love and abuse is meant for educational purposes only. Always seek a professional for your
0:44.1	mental health and well-being and always pick your battles wisely. I think today is going to be a
0:51.4	packed episode regarding guilt. And mainly the guilt that you might feel come up
0:59.6	if you are considering leaving an emotionally abusive relationship what I'm going to talk
1:05.9	about today can apply to almost any relationship romantic platonic family friends, family, friends. Romantic relationships might be at
1:12.8	the forefront, mainly because those are the types of relationships that are probably the most
1:19.6	difficult to part, or some people might say family is the most difficult to part or separate
1:26.4	from.
1:31.8	Wherever you experience guilt in your life is how this may apply to you.
1:38.6	But I'm bringing this up because I think it's one of the most prevalent feelings that comes up for a lot of people when they're considering leaving an emotionally abusive relationship.
1:45.4	And there are several reasons for it.
1:46.9	In fact, I've written down six reasons.
1:49.5	They're not all-inclusive.
1:51.2	There are more reasons out there, but six of the main reasons that come to mind,
1:55.7	then I'm going to address one at a time.
1:59.2	And if you've thought about leaving a relationship but the guilt comes up
2:04.3	and you feel so guilty that you can't do it and it prevents you from taking the right steps for
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