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AnswerYou tell them again and again what you think they should do (when asked) and you refer them to relevant literature. AnswerAbusive relationships have a positive aspect or the abuser could not attract a partner. The positive aspect diminishes as the abuse grows. The abused partner wants it to return to 'the way it was' when everything was fun and exciting. It won't. The only way the abused partner will find that is to look for a less exciting but also a non-abusing partner. When your tooth hurts you go to the dentist, when other pain occurs you go to a doctor. If you are in emotional pain you should go to a practitioner. Your friends can't be your dentist, or your doctor, so they certainly cannot be a practitioner for a painful relationship. I stopped 'listening' to the partner suffering when a psychologist told me that people turn to friends when they don't really want to take an action and leave a realtionship that is bad-they just want to vent. By listening you can actually keep them from taking the right and appropriate action that will set them free.
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Q: When a friend who is being emotionally abused asks what he should do what do you say when you know he'll stay in the relationship anyway?
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