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Why Do I Still Care About My Abuser?

The Dr. John Delony Show

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Your Dad's a Coward. And Now He's Going to Use You

"When I was growing up, I watched him be sort of abusive towards my ex-step mom and he was emotionally abusive, manipulative," she says. "I just realized he's not the type of person I wanted around my kids if I'm so uncomfortable around him." She writes that her dad is a coward who cares more about propping up his own ego to himself than anything else. 'You've spent a lifetime being told that what you believe is not trustworthy'

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