Understanding the addict in the manipulative relationship
Love and Abuse
Paul Colaianni
4.6 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Dealing with a manipulative and controlling relationship is bad enough, but what happens when the person doing the bad behavior is also dealing with addiction? What if the addiction is the reason for the emotionally abusive behavior?
It's important to understand your role in an addict's life. Addiction exacerbates bad behavior. Some addicts don't do bad behavior when they're not participating in their addiction. Some do.
Where you are in all this is what makes the difference between feeling okay in a relationship with an addict, feeling trapped in one, or realizing you have no choice but to leave.
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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. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm your host, Paul Koliani. |
| 0:30.6 | Thank you. power and your sanity. I'm your host, Paul Koliani. Good to have you here. My name is Paul, as the intro said, and I am glad that you |
| 0:35.9 | tuned in to another episode of love and abuse. |
| 0:38.9 | As with every episode on this show, I want you to know that all information is meant for educational |
| 0:44.8 | purposes only. |
| 0:46.3 | Always seek a professional for your mental health and well-being. |
| 0:49.4 | And my newly added disclaimer, always pick your battles wisely. |
| 0:55.2 | You just want to make sure that the person that you're dealing with isn't going to be |
| 0:59.1 | over-the-top aggressive or hurtful and that you won't be able to handle it. |
| 1:04.1 | You know, pick the battles that you can handle. |
| 1:06.1 | And sometimes you have to pick the battles that you can't handle because you don't think |
| 1:10.7 | you can. but you can |
| 1:12.9 | handle a lot. Because if you're in any type of emotionally abusive relationship, you've already |
| 1:20.2 | handled a heck of a lot. You've already gone through the ringer. And if you know anyone |
| 1:26.6 | that is abusive toward you, you know what I mean. |
| 1:31.8 | So give yourself some credit that you have a very strong spirit and you will get through this |
| 1:39.7 | and you will see the other side of it. How do I know that? I don't. |
| 1:45.0 | I don't know. |
| 1:46.6 | But if you don't hear it, you may never believe it. |
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