quackademic<p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Coercivecontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coercivecontrol</span></a>: however accurately we may recognise it in others’ situations, when we live through the slow change from love bombing to control & abuse it is hard to recognise it in our own. ‘How could I let this happen?’ Denial & shame are enablers.</p><p>Case study.</p><p>I am an anti-domestic abuse advocate – but I failed to recognise it happening to me and my family <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/13/i-am-an-anti-domestic-abuse-advocate-but-i-failed-to-recognise-it-happening-to-me-and-my-family?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/13/i-am-an-anti-domestic-abuse-advocate-but-i-failed-to-recognise-it-happening-to-me-and-my-family?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>