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surrealAmerican

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2. No school will teach this.

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 03:14 PM

Jul 12

Most of these are phrases kids hear from their parents at least occasionally. As such, they are not necessarily abusive, it's a question of the degree and uses to which they're being put.

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13 phrases selfish people use to manipulaate you (yahoo) - well written article describes behaviors used against us [View all] msongs Jul 12 OP

I started reading this and got anxiety like this from my ex husband I divorced 40 years ago ! kimbutgar Jul 12 #1

No school will teach this. surrealAmerican Jul 12 #2

My family used almost all these phrases on me synni Jul 12 #3

Thanks for sharing. SWBTATTReg Jul 12 #4

I read the article, 11 are abusive, cksmithy Jul 12 #5

Yahoo has a number of articles like that LogDog75 Jul 13 #6