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Gormy Cuss

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1. Manipulative behavior is one area where many fail to see abuse :

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Original post)

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 12:40 AM

Mar 2014

"Manipulative behaviours means blocking people's access to their friends, to their support networks. It can mean blocking access to their finances," she said.

I cringe when I hear someone say the SO doesn't like any of the person's friends-or worse yet, doesn't like the person's family and that for that reason they don't socialize with them. Typically the SO doesn't have much of a support network so the world gets very small for the person, making control that much easier.

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