It doesn’t always start with yelling or bruises. Sometimes, abuse slips in quietly—disguised as control, masked as love, and dismissed as “just being difficult.” You find yourself second-guessing your ...

Welcome to the Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Relationship Abuse page. Here you’ll find resources to address and prevent sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, intimate partner violence ...

What begins as a partnership built on love, trust, and mutual respect can sometimes deteriorate into a relationship marked by control, manipulation, and fear. This transformation rarely happens ...

Editor's Note: There are varying experiences of abuse, and the following information provided by one psychologist pertains to emotional and psychological abuse. Abusive relationships can look ...

Medically reviewed by Melissa Bronstein, LICSWMedically reviewed by Melissa Bronstein, LICSW Relationship trauma results from abusive behavior occurring between intimate partners. The trauma can stem ...

Codependency and abuse can be intertwined within relationships, making it difficult to distinguish between the two. While both can be damaging, they have distinct characteristics. If you’re ...

In recent years, the term "toxic" has become increasingly overused in popular culture and media, often applied loosely to describe any negative or challenging relationship dynamics. This overuse ...

In the world of abuse, physical abuse gets all the attention. Emotional abuse gets treated as if it’s not that bad. But abuse is abuse. There’s not a type of abuse that’s “not that bad.” It all causes ...

Emotional abuse isn't as easy to spot as physical forms of abuse, which may complicate arguments as the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs continues. Among several other accusations of physical and sexual ...

Your loved one regularly calls you in crisis, upset about their abusive relationship. They tell you all the horrible things that their partner has said or done but continues to stay in the ...

Experts offer their insights for how to safely navigate this toxic dynamic. Reviewed by Landis Bejar Recognizing signs such ...