Content warning: This article discusses mentions of abuse. We often think we can immediately recognize the signs of an unhealthy relationship right away — until it happens to someone close to us.

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London Powers' mother said she was experiencing domestic violence. So Powers, a rising senior at N.C. Central University, sought to leave her relationship, a time that experts say can be the most ...

Emotional abuse isn't as easy to spot as physical forms of abuse, which may complicate arguments as the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs continues. Among several other accusations of physical and sexual ...

DEAR ABBY: I need advice about my daughter. She is in an abusive marriage. Her four boys, aged 3 to 12, have been affected by what is going on. They are not properly disciplined and are being abused ...

A 2021 study concluded that when you confront a manipulative person, they will either take a good, hard look at themselves, ...

Healing from a breakup isn't a linear process. “You get incrementally better, but there's volatility,” Cope says. “One day you feel really cruddy, and then the next you're like, ‘OK, I’m getting there ...

Casandra Ventura Fine told a jury that her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs physically abused her, from hitting her in the face to kicking her, during her first day on the stand in Combs' criminal ...

Domestic violence homicide rates in NC rose to 90 cases in 2024, highest in a six-year period. The most dangerous period in an abusive relationship is when a survivor tires to leave. Advocates urge ...