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Traumatized again by family court cross-examination

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Editor's note: Caroline Parsons is an attorney from Queensland, Australia. Today she explains how abusive family court cross-examination affects people who are already traumatized. Learn more about Caroline Parsons on the Lovefraud Announcements page or in her author profile. By Caroline Parsons, Esq. In 2019 the Australian family law act was amended so that perpetrators of family violence can no longer cross-examine their ex-partners in court. Instead cross-examination must now be conducted by a legal representative of the party. This is a great step forward in the fight to protect family violence survivors from being re-traumatised. But does it go far enough? Family violence and the …

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How to Cope with Residual Anger Toward a Sociopath

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Editor's note: Liberty Forrest, author of several self-help books and a certified Law of Attraction Life Coach, offers advice on handling your feelings of anger toward a sociopath. Read more about Liberty. By Liberty Forrest When your life has been derailed by a sociopath, it is natural to experience strong emotions such as anger, indignation, betrayal - even rage. Whatever you’re feeling, it’s good to express it or release it - and to  be sure to do it in a way that doesn’t cause harm to anyone. It’s also perfectly natural to feel like you want to get even, or to wish that the sociopath would get a taste of his/her own medicine. Although it is understandable to feel this way, it will o …

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Abused immigrant: He lures her to the U.S. and then beats her

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Editor's note: Lovefraud received the following story from a reader whom we'll call "Mariana20" about her experience as an abused immigrant. English is not her first language. I met George online he 20 years older than me. He travelled to the Brazil and met me. He is a businessman and smart guy, I was in love with him. He made a lot promises. I work with him and he took care of me. We met in Brazil he bought a promise ring, and invited me to live in United States with him. I accepted. We get married After 4 months I married him because I was without green card. The day about the wedding he said for me to sign a prenup and a lot humiliation and same I signed. He didn’t marry me. He w …

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What do toxic bosses and toxic spouses have in common?

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Editor's note: Caroline Parsons is an attorney from Queensland, Australia. Today she points out the big similarity between toxic bosses and toxic spouses. Learn more about Caroline Parsons on the Lovefraud Announcements page or in her author profile. By Caroline Parsons, Esq. A “toxic” boss can be described in broad terms as being self-centred, controlling (or micro-managing), manipulative and threatened by initiative. Toxic workplaces are generally characterised by in-fighting, mistrust, lack of communication and high turnover. Mis-managers enjoy pitting employees against one another, making empty promises, stealing the limelight and blaming poor performance on their employees. A “toxic” …

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Broadsided by a sociopath, you develop inner strength because you must

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Editor's note: Liberty Forrest, author of several self-help books and a certified Law of Attraction Life Coach, reminds you that inner strength isn't automatic — you develop inner strength because you need to. Read more about Liberty. By Liberty Forrest There's a big difference between intelligence and ability, and knowledge and experience. Intelligence and ability speak about your potential; knowledge and experience speak about how far you've come in reaching it. Both ability and experience help you develop inner strength — especially difficult experiences. It's a gradual process. When you were born, you couldn't understand a word. You couldn't lift your head. You had no sense that you …

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Anxious after encountering the narcissistic ex

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Editor's note: Following is an email exchange that I had with a Lovefraud reader whom we'll call, "Susana21." She describes encountering the narcissistic ex, and how it affected her. Susana 21 writes: After a long and difficult relationship, I finally ended things and, even though my logic had been screaming at me to do it years sooner, it took my heart a few more years and MUCH pain before it finally caught up. I was doing No Contact and was finally starting to feel better. Finally. !! And then ... A few weeks ago, totally by coincidence, I was leaving a store and a car pulled up beside me. My narcissist. If the situation was reversed, I would have totally ignored him and kept …

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