10/13/2017
Statistically speaking abuse never starts off in the physical aspect. The process of abuse begins with making you believe that you are inferior to your abuser, therefore powerless against their actions and or deserving of said action. When we look at abuse as it relates to romantic relationships, oftentimes the abused stay with the abuser for two reasons .They have been systematically manipulated into believing either the abuse is their fault and will change only if they correct something within themselves, or they believe that if they end the relationship they will not be able to find anyone else to "love" them therefore they will lose part of themselves if they left their mate. To control someone's actions by making them believe ideas they may have not originally subscribe to or channeling insecurities the abused already have is a mental manipulation technique known as mental ventriloquy also known as mental conduction.
