9 Things you should never sacrifice by staying in a bad relationship
There are certain things you should never sacrifice, like your freedom and happiness, when you’re in an abusive relationship because this can make it harder for you to leave. You don’t want to get trapped so you need to keep hold of all the qualities that are important to you.
1) Your freedom
They’ll guilt you into doing what they want until your life is all about them. You need to do things that you used to do before dating them and that the relationship has equality.
2) Your emotions
They’ll use your emotions as a way to keep you in the abusive relationship. They’ll make you feel alone by telling you that no one else would love you until you believe them. When you feel emotionally overwhelmed you need to think about what’s causing it and if they’re doing it deliberately so you can deal with it.
3) Your happiness
Your happiness doesn’t matter to them because if it did they would treat you better. You’re going to become depressed until you give up and stay with them because you don’t know what else to do. Keep doing things that make you happy and try to do it with them so they can see it as a way to be closer as a couple.
4) Your ambition
They won’t like it when you show ambition because it makes them scared you’re going to leave them. They’re going to stop you from achieving your goals by telling you you’re going to fail or by laughing at you. When they put down your goals you need to stay focused on them to avoid giving up.
5) Your career
They’ll convince you to skip work or delay working on projects to spend the day with them and when the relationship ends your reputation will be tarnished. Keep your work life and love life separate so you don’t ruin your career.
6) Your wealth
You shouldn’t combine finances because that gives your partner one more way to control you. Make sure that bills are split equally and that you’re not paying for everything because they need to do their share. It’s okay to treat them occasionally but it shouldn’t be something they expect or demand.
7) Your self-worth
Once you realize that you’re in an abusive relationship your self-worth is going to suffer because you won’t know how it happened or why you haven’t broken up with them yet. You need to accept that they’re not treating you right and decide if you have to leave. You also need to remind yourself that they manipulated you so that you don’t blame yourself.
8) Your hobbies
You’re going to spend less time on your hobbies because you’re focus is on them. That’s okay if the relationship is new but you need to blend together your single life and your dating life. If you keep doing your hobbies you have interests outside of the relationship and your partner will have less of a hold on you.
9) Your confidence
Your confidence will suffer if you don’t put a stop to the way they are treating you because the abuser will wear you down until you feel worthless. Think about all the things that are good about you and ignore what they tell you so you can keep feeling good about yourself.
She is working as writer for diferent websites. She has published many hand-books about adult dating and relationships.
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