Hey everyone and welcome back to the Cycle of Violence series.  I am so glad you’re here! If you randomly stumbled upon this, we are doing a two week series on teenage dating violence. All of the posts are linked at the bottom.

Today we are discussing five ways to heal after an abusive relationship. Being in this type of relationship takes a toll on almost every  aspect of your life and hopefully by the end of the post, you will have concrete guidelines that will help you stay in the fast lane on the road to recovery.

There is a video that goes along with this is at the end of the post if you prefer that. :).

Let’s dive in! How to heal after an abusive relationship.

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If someone asked you what characteristics define an abusive person, how many could you come up with? One, two, zero? How can you tell is someone is an abuser?

This is the second post in our Cycle of Violence series. [For all the other posts, scroll to the bottom]. This post is all about the characteristics of an abuser. This is so important because if you see one or more of the characteristics in your love interest, be very cautious and KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN to what is happening.

If you would rather watch the video, you can do so at the bottom of the post. I would like for you to do both to help it sink in :). So, here we go, seven characteristics of an abuser.

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