How does a person feel inside an abusive relationship?

Psychological abuse is not always easy to recognize. It is hard to believe that a close person with whom you play openly and try to build a sincere relationship turns out to be a pathological liar, not inclined to empathy, regularly sets you up and does not take into account your needs.

We have come to believe that violence is always physical. It is visible, it can be fixed and proved. Psychological violence is insidious and occurs imperceptibly and gradually. At first, the victim shrugs off joking insults and inappropriate comments, copes with difficulties herself, and looks for an excuse for the offender. In addition, the abuser knows how to bomb love like no other. The victim is inclined to believe that this is his real self. And when the mask begins to "slip", the victim believes that it is her own fault that she angered her partner.
It is curious that people who have had experience of abusive relationships note that at the very beginning of the relationship they had strange dreams warning of danger, they noted strange somatic manifestations, being near the aggressor. Therefore, the main advice is to trust yourself, your own body and intuition.

What happens to people who have experienced abuse is a topic for a separate blog. A person needs to return a sense of self-worth, sensitivity, taste for life, learn to notice "boring" people. In therapy, it is important to support such a person and let him understand that it is not his fault; to track what trauma led the person to the abuser, why he so needs confirmation of his own value in the eyes of others.