Violence and Abuse

Identifying abuse in sex and relationships is the first step to overcoming it. Learn what abuse means, how to identify it, and how to keep yourself safe.
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What Is Slut-Shaming?
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What Does It Mean to Be Hyposexual?
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Signs of Emotional Abuse From Parents
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Religious Abuse: Spotting the Signs and How to Cope
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Why It Can Be Hard to Leave an Abusive Relationship
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What Is Intimate Partner Violence?
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What Is Domestic Abuse?
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How to Find a Narcissistic Abuse Support Group
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What Is Abuse By Proxy?
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How to Find Domestic Violence Classes
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How to Avoid Falling Into a Narcissistic Relationship Pattern
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Why You Might Cry During Sex
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What Is the Cycle of Violence?
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What Is a Sex Therapist?
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Stages of Healing After Narcissistic Abuse
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Effects of Narcissistic Abuse
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Child Abuse: Signs, Types, Impact
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What Are the Different Types of Bullying?
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What Is Trauma Bonding?
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Mental Health Effects of Different Types of Abuse
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How to Deal With Verbal Abuse
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What Are the Most Common Types of Child Abuse?
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What Is Mandated Reporting?
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Angry Sex: Is It Healthy?
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What Is Rape Trauma Syndrome?
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What Is Sexual Aversion Disorder?
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What Is Hypersexuality?
Female arousal disorder
What Is Female Sexual Arousal Disorder?
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What Is Pathologizing?
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'I Hate My Family:' What to Do If You Feel This Way
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What Makes a Family Dysfunctional?
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What Is Sexual Tension?
Domestic violence in the LGBTQ+ community
Domestic Violence in the LGBTQ+ Community
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How to Know If You're Feeling Lust in Your Relationship
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What Does It Mean to Be the Family Scapegoat?
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What to Do When Your Relationship Has No Chemistry
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Stalking: What to Do and How to Stay Safe
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What Are The Types of Domestic Violence?
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Sexual Assault and Victim Blaming
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How to Exit an Abusive Relationship Safely
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How to Stop Being Codependent
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How BDSM Might Benefit Your Health and Improve Your Relationship
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How to Cope With Sexual Assault
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How to Tell Someone You Were Sexually Assaulted
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What to Do if You Were Raped
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The Sexualization of Young Girls and Mental Health Problems
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What Is Verbal Abuse?
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The #MeToo Movement: History, Sexual Assault Statistics, Impact
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Behind the Keyboard: Spotting Digital Dating Abuse
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Treating the Effects of Childhood Trauma
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Using Hypnosis for Repressed Childhood Abuse Memories
5 Things College Freshmen Should Know About Sexual Assault
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What Is Childhood Sexual Abuse?
Is It Time To Divorce
False Domestic Abuse Claims and Divorce
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Signs That Indicate a Relationship Could Turn Violent
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Common Triggers of Domestic Violence Attacks
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How Emotional Abuse in Childhood Changes the Brain
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Help for Parents Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse
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How to Identify Financial Abuse in a Relationship
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9 Ways to Help a Victim of Domestic Violence

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