"When I speak my pain and you give me your pain or your excuse to have pained me, I hurt the same...and sometimes more." Sound familiar?
When domestic violence victims rally up the nerve to voice their inner ache with the person that has violated them, many things can happen. They can be heard or not heard, by the other and by themselves.
Giving Voice to Your Hurt
Let's look at what happens when they are not heard by the person they feel has hurt them. Imagine this: You bring up and out an incident that you have been struggling with for weeks, months or years.
Read Dr. King's entire article Relationship Conflict - Empathy and Healing Abuse in Controlling Relationships
Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationships Expert
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