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Hey, this is Hopps. I'm planning on running a bunch of new RPs with her soon, but that's not what I'm here for. I'd like advice on abusive/toxic relationships and how to RP them. Hopps can be the abuser or abused, I just need to understand a bit more about nasty relationships.

And abuser isn't always terrible. They are manipulative. They can make a victim feel like the most important person in the world, then crush their spirit, making them feel worthless. Then, once they believe they're worthless, the abuser gives them worth by 'loving them' even though they're 'worthless'. And because the victim feels so worthless, they can believe they deserve the abuse, that they can't do better than the abuser, that they can never escape the abuser because the abuser is so much better, they will find the victim and punish them.

There are typically cycles of abuse, apologies, making up, more abuse, more apologies, more making up, then more abuse.

Thanks for that lesson. Can you provide some examples of nonphysical abuse for me, please?

Let me point you to a resource assembled by experts.

http://www.loveisrespect.org/is-this-abuse/types-of-abuse/

Thank you.

De nada. I'll happily field other questions.