Whatever you do, stay out of abusive relationships. Psychologist Richard Schulman lists a few signs that you have become trapped in one. An abusive partner…
1. Stops you from seeing friends and family;
2. Won’t let you go out without permission;
3. Tells you what to wear;
4. Monitors your phone and emails;
5. Controls your finances;
6. Controls what you read, watch, and say;
7. Monitors everything you do;
8. Punishes you for breaking rules that keep changing;
9. Tells you the abuse is for your own good;
10. Pretends to know better;
11. Doesn’t allow you to question;
12. Tells you that you’re crazy and no one agrees with you;
13. Calls you names and shames you;
14. Gaslights you, attempting to change your memory of events; and
15. Plays the victim when things go wrong.
If all this sounds familiar, you might be thinking of our relationship with Big Government under COVID-19 tyranny.