I am stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship

Dear Anonymous There is a plethora of reasons why emotionally abused people stay in such relationships. This article will unearth some of the reasons why the ‘abused’ stay in toxic romances. It is my ardent hope that this article will shed light to you.

• Having boundless empathy - Empathy is a great tool that simplifies our interactions with others. It enables us/others to swim in the waters that drowned others/us before we/they draw a conclusion about them/us. It is through the employment of empathy that we understand others and feel understood by them. Nonetheless, empathy becomes cantankerous for our personal well-being if it is expended to justify abuse. The bounds of healthy empathy end where abuse begins. When our empathy to abusers is limitless, we tend to seek to rescue them from the pit of abuse whilst we sink in the sorrows of their abuse. Contrariwise, if our empathy has boundaries, we are most likely to unearth viable solutions to escape from abuse.