living with abusers [cc]

A look at the navigating life with abusers. You can support the channel at: -- opening quote: I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it there. I still fall … it’s a habit … —Portia Nelson, Autobiography in five short chapters -- 0:00 control and coercion 2:55 assessing risk — looking at the abuser with a cold eye 12:39 distancing manoeuvres — looking at how we can remove the hooks 22:26 counteracting poison — finding clean water -- subtitles Bulgarian: Djeitko -- references/reading Andreassen, C.S., Pallesen, S. and Griffiths, M.D. (2017) The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: findings from a large national survey. Addictive Behaviors 64, –293 Danesh, H.B. (1978) The authoritarian family and its adolescents. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal 23 (7) Fan, C.Y., Chu, X.W., Zhang, M. and Zhou, Z.K. (2019) Are