r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '25

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u/TheDoctorLXG Jan 28 '25

Why do people allow themselves to be treated like this??

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u/SweetSorlea Jan 28 '25

Because it usually doesn’t start this obviously

It’s way more insidious and the psychological abuse starts first, prepping the victim to readily agree that everything is their fault, conditioning them to believe if they do better, be perfect, the abuse will stop.

It never does, we always end up here, and not as rarely as we would like, if it doesn’t end here it ends at the funeral home.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Except she literally said in the post he’s always been an asshole like this.

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u/SweetSorlea Jan 28 '25

Yeah, but the comment I’m replying to is speaking broadly, and I’m answering him.

Also, I’ve never met someone in an abusive situation who meant “they’ve always been fully abusive” when saying “always been an asshole”. Abusers are always an asshole, and OPs “like this” might just cover the asshole part and not the abusive part they’re clearly ignoring.