Degrade. Using words that decay the soul, scrapes power from the bottom of a cement bucket. There are no conditions or environments that justify degrading the people you love. Speaking to degrade is about you, not the person in front of you. Journal Prompt: The power of degrading has...

Alignment. Emotional misuse happens when you utilize alignment with others to create a power posture against another. It is now 2 versus 1. You are misusing your relationship. And your are hiding. Journal Prompt: I tend to align with...

Responsibility. Emotional misuse happens when there is a pattern of offloading responsibility. It can't always be something or someone else, sometimes it's you. Avoiding responsibility is avoiding yourself. Choosing to deflect responsibility misuses the space where you form intimacy and trust in your relationships. Journal Prompts: I avoid... I avoid... I avoid... I avoid... I avoid...