{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6604e12b53b2df001616fc10/6a5f8ecdc8dfbe44d8efc529?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 91: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Coercive Control","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6604e12b53b2df001616fc10/1784646582622-bf7234b6-aa38-4799-9f33-98dc78712a7f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>If I could sit across from the woman I was back then, these are the 20 things I would tell her.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of <em>Why She Stayed</em>, I reflect on my own experience of coercive control and share the lessons I wish someone had taught me while I was still living inside the confusion.</p><p>In this episode, we unpack topics like:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why I found myself doing things that looked “sketchy” from the outside- like deleting text messages with friends and family- and how those behaviors were adaptations to coercive control.</li><li>What an abuser is often trying to accomplish when he repeatedly says, <em>“I would never hit a woman,”</em> and why that statement can become part of a much larger manipulation strategy.</li><li>How an abuser will say \"this is just their personality\" as a way to avoid accountability.</li><li>Why constantly breaking up with you and pulling you back in is a powerful form of intermittent reinforcement that can create an addictive trauma bond.</li><li>The hidden psychological dynamics that make intelligent, capable women stay in relationships they never imagined they’d tolerate.</li><li>And 20 hard  truths I wish I had understood years earlier.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Whether you’re currently questioning your own relationship, trying to make sense of one you’ve already left, or supporting someone you love, this episode will help you understand coercive control in a way that goes far beyond the stereotypes of abuse.</p><p><br></p><p>Grace's Instagram: @gracee__elizabethh</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Grace Stuart"}