Do emotionally abusive people change in new relationships?
Hi there, First of all let me say good for you for recognizing a bad thing when you see it and getting out of that relationship before something even worse happened. Physical abuse often starts with emotional abuse and escalates later. You know the saying ” a leopard doesn’t change its spots”? This is almost always true with people who are abusive. While it is possible that they might change and be nicer in the future, it’s not likely. A person has to recognize that they have a problem and then WANT to change for that to happen. It sounds to me as though you think it might somehow be your fault that you were treated that way. DON’T let yourself think that way! He did NOT treat you that way because YOU did something. It’s HIS problem. You definitely should take care of yourself right now and let yourself heal. Counseling is probably a good idea. I speak from experience here. I was in an abusive relationship for a very long time and was in the mindset that if I just did something differe
