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MAFS, Coercive control and dickheads

  I don’t watch MAFS generally but one of my friends was very insistent this week that I watch what’s unfolding with dickhead (whoops, I mean Adrian) and Awhina, so I set myself up a 9 now account and got stuck into some clips. 🤔 My friend started out as a client quite a while ago now and back then knew nothing about coercive control and domestic abuse. After quite a few sessions together, I’m proud to say she’s regularly…

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And then one day, we stop being the person we used to be

  It’s subtle at first, the way they change you. 💔    The way they pick on the things you wear.   How you look.   Who you hang out with.   Criticising how you cook, how you clean, how you take the bins out.   Telling you their friends think you’re “too much.”   You’ve buried yourself in work, another thing they criticise you for. 😢   Work has become your respite, the place where you can be yourself. …

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