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Love and Abuse

Love and Abuse

By: Paul Colaianni: Relationship and Emotional Abuse Expert
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 Helping you identify toxic communication, emotional abuse, manipulation, and other forms of difficult behavior in relationships. Love and Abuse offers the perspective of both the victim and the perpetrator. Full of tips and advice for your friendships, family, love life, and marriage. You'll learn about covert abusive communication that takes away your power. And you'll discover how to pinpoint the specific toxic behaviors, such as narcissistic abuse and verbal abuse, before you are dragged into a psychological game so deep you come out a shell of your former self. Love and Abuse is the official podcast of The M.E.A.N. Workbook, an assessment and healing guide to help you evaluate the emotionally abusive and manipulative patterns in your relationship. Get the guide that will tell you exactly what's happening in your relationship over at loveandabuse.com. https://loveandabuse.com/Copyright loveandabuse.com The Overwhelmed Brain, LLC Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • When its impossible to get away from all the toxic behavior

    When its impossible to get away from all the toxic behavior
    Jan 29 2026

    Some relationships end but continue leaving destruction in their wake. Some don't end and you suffer through the daily drip-feeding of emotionally abusive behaviors until you lose your sanity. When there's no way away from all the toxicity, what can you do?

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    45 mins
  • Dont call them what they really are, it will work against you

    Dont call them what they really are, it will work against you
    Jan 14 2026

    Calling a duck a duck makes sense. But this logic works against you in the emotionally abusive relationship. Calling out an abusive person for who they are might just turn the whole thing around on you.

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    32 mins
  • Total defeat and burnout in the emotionally abusive relationship

    Total defeat and burnout in the emotionally abusive relationship
    Jan 9 2026

    Every relationship should have stopping points when you feel yourself slipping away. Emotional abuse operates as a slow drip-feeding of toxic behaviors that gradually erode boundaries.
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    52 mins
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