by Loren Keeling | Nov 14, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Betrayal, a form of emotional abuse, can cause PTSD. Symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares & impaired sleeping, depression, anxiety, brain fog, distrust, dissociation, are common. Betrayed partners often feel as if their reality has been shaken to its core.—...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 12, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Open letter to the Ex. You want to win at all costs. Dear Ex But those costs are very high, not just monetary, but the cost of time, energy, and emotional welfare. Stress is a known precursor to illness and that can be minor ailments to major forms of...
by Loren Keeling | Oct 12, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Why do women stay in a marriage or relationship that is toxic or abusive? They love their partner. They make excuses, he’s in pain, he’s frustrated, he’s got a lot of stress, his diabetic illness and low blood sugar cause him to say those hurtful things. They...
by Loren Keeling | Sep 24, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Today is exactly two years from the date that a former partner walked away from the relationship.I wrote my story and self-published my book in June 2022.”Post Separation Abuse. Betrayal & Abandonment, What Type Of Man?” Readers will discover 2...
by Loren Keeling | Aug 29, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
A memory from January 2018. My partner had just confessed his infidelity and betrayal on December 27th. He was apparently entitled to carry on an affair with another woman he had started seeing again in the UK. He called her “his Wednesday girl” because...
by Loren Keeling | Aug 22, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
People do not understand #coercivecontrol it is power and control, manipulation and mind games, emotional and psychological abuse. It is what I term hidden emotional abuse. Often the victim does not realise they have been in an emotionally abusive marriage or...
by Loren Keeling | Aug 16, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
No, It’s Not Legal Conflict; It’s Legal Intimidation or Litigation Abuses. Happy New Year, Loren On January 4th, 2022, I received an email from my former partner. He had a potential buyer who wanted to view the property and asked me if I would accommodate...
by Loren Keeling | Aug 8, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
This is an extract from my first self-published book. Post Separation Abuse. Betrayal & Abandonment, What Type Of Man?In my book, I write “Letters to the Other Women” this is one of the letters I wrote to one of Philip’s ex-wives after she makes...
by Loren Keeling | Jul 30, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Punishment is a classic part of narcissistic relationships. They punish you if they think you criticize them, they punish you if you express a need, they punish you if you question their inappropriate behaviour, and they punish you if you try to give them...
by Loren Keeling | Jun 27, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
My Letters to the Ex Dear Phillip, What do you want? I listened to everything you told me on that afternoon of September 15th 2020. Yes, you saw a “Go Fund Page” I had written, that our friend shared on her Facebook profile…. Perhaps a decision made from fear is...
by Loren Keeling | Jun 16, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Narcissists will claim to be one of three things they will claim they are the hero the victim or the martyr or some combination of all three. However, the truth of the matter is they are none of those things. The reality is that narcissists are actually cowards...
by Loren Keeling | Mar 27, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
A man cheating repeatedly does not value “commitment”. They tend to have a life littered with women they have discarded or abandoned. A mature person would feel guilt and shame. They would stop themselves from continuing or going forward with any mistake they made in...