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What are 5 or 7 or 10 signs of emotional abuse? There are different lists. But how do you recognize it and what should you do about it?

When I was considering a divorce around 1985-87, I saw a PSA filler in the Houston Post from deep inside the paper. It was entitled something like, “How You Can Tell You’re In An Abusive Relationship.” I clipped it out and and kept it in my truck for months, It was maybe a year or more before I called the included phone number.

As I recall, it said, “If you can answer YES to 3 or more of the statements on this list of 10, you may be in an abusive relationship.”  I answered YES to 7.

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