The Silent Treatment
In a relationship, a partner uses ‘the silent treatment’ on the other to make them feel hurt, punished and alienated, manipulating their emotions.
Being isolated or ghosted by a partner is a sort of abuse that hurts more than being yelled or shouted at.
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"Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need." — Margart Mead
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