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Minimisation in relationships explained - why you keep saying it wasn't that bad and how the tactic became internalised
"It Wasn't That Bad": Why You Minimise What Happened coercive control darvo emotional abuse gaslighting it wasn't that bad minimisation minimization perpetrator psychology psychological abuse relationship psychology self-doubt after abuse was it abuse Jul 13, 2026

There's a particular conversation you have with yourself, usually late at night or in the quiet moments when the question surfaces again. You start assembling the case. The things that happened, the way certain conversations went, the person you became around them. For a moment the picture looks cle...

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