Difficult relationships are … well, difficult. Yet some go beyond “mere” conflict, disagreements, and occasional heated discussions, and enter the realm of toxicity and abuse. An abusive relationship is a pattern of attitudes and actions that create a confusing, terrifying, fragile and crazy-making atmosphere within what should be the sacred space of the home. The abuse is repeated, again and again. Even if months go by with no obvious incident, eventually the same pattern reappears—and, as the years go by, the pattern reappears with increasing frequency.
As always very helpful and worth thinking on.