Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Verbal Abuse - Denial
According to Patricia Evans, denial is another form of verbal abuse. Denial occurs when the abuser outright denies the partner's reality and experiences.
Some examples of statements that deny a partner's experience and/or reality are:
"We never had that conversation."
"That never happened."
"I never said that."
"You're making all of that up."
Although the abuser knows these things have occurred, he or she tells his or her partner they did not in order to make him or her doubt one's experiences and reality.
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Some examples of statements that deny a partner's experience and/or reality are:
"We never had that conversation."
"That never happened."
"I never said that."
"You're making all of that up."
Although the abuser knows these things have occurred, he or she tells his or her partner they did not in order to make him or her doubt one's experiences and reality.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Verbal Abuse - Countering
Countering is a form of verbal abuse in which an abuser tries to dominate or control his or her partner and/or his or her partner’s reality, experiences, and/or feelings, according to Patricia Evans.
Evans remarks in her book The Verbally Abusive Relationship that when an abuser constantly counters his or her partner, the partner cannot truly know what the abuser thinks or feels.
Countering is a tactic in which an abuser will tell his or her partner that he or she is wrong – that one’s reality, feelings, perceptions, and thoughts – are wrong.
Here are some examples of countering.
Example 1:
Partner: I think the acting in that movie was done really well.
Abuser: How can you say that? The acting was horrible!
Example 2:
Abuser: That doctor didn’t know what he was talking about. I wonder if he even went to medical school.
Partner: You didn’t think he knew what he was talking about? I actually thought he seemed very intelligent about his subject matter.
Abuser: You’re wrong.
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Evans remarks in her book The Verbally Abusive Relationship that when an abuser constantly counters his or her partner, the partner cannot truly know what the abuser thinks or feels.
Countering is a tactic in which an abuser will tell his or her partner that he or she is wrong – that one’s reality, feelings, perceptions, and thoughts – are wrong.
Here are some examples of countering.
Example 1:
Partner: I think the acting in that movie was done really well.
Abuser: How can you say that? The acting was horrible!
Example 2:
Abuser: That doctor didn’t know what he was talking about. I wonder if he even went to medical school.
Partner: You didn’t think he knew what he was talking about? I actually thought he seemed very intelligent about his subject matter.
Abuser: You’re wrong.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Brain abnormalities in recovered anorexic individuals
A colleague of mine wrote this article on a recent study of individuals who had recovered from Anorexia Nervosa:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/465252/anorexia_nervosa_patients_have_different.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/465252/anorexia_nervosa_patients_have_different.html
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