Ep01 | What Is Hidden Abuse?

Before we can talk about where hidden abuse shows up, we have to get clear on what it actually is.Hidden abuse doesn't leave physical marks. It lives in the unseen. And yet our bodies feel it, our spirits know it, and our brains ultimately pay the price.In this foundational episode, Margaret Byars, LPC, walks through the clinical definitions behind the terms you may have heard: gaslighting, DARVO, emotional manipulation, verbal abuse, spiritual abuse, and cognitive dissonance, and gives you the real-life picture of what each one actually looks like inside Christian communities.If you've been living in confusion, if things just don't add up, if you feel like you're going crazy... this episode is for you. That confusion is not weakness. It is information. And today, we start naming it."Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear." — Isaiah 58:8-------------------Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/risinglightspodcast🎵 Intro & Outro Music: "Passage of Time" by Scott Buckley | Licensed under Creative Commons (BY 3.0) — creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 | Music powered by BreakingCopyright: breakingcopyright.com