5 ways that verbal abusers tend to shift the responsibility and blame onto others—and how to break free of their trap
"Blame-shifting" is a specific form of verbal abuse, although it may coincide with gaslighting and other forms.
Blame-shifting is effective because the abuser knows the other person's insecurities and vulnerabilities.Source: Photograph by Public Domain Pictures. Copyright Free. Pixabay. “My father was remarkably consistent so there wasn’t much to navigate. Basically, someone always had to be at fault and it was never him. That was true at his job and true in the house. Hot water heater broken? I took too many showers, my mother washed too many clothes. Back door screen door didn’t shut? My brother did a piss-poor job closing it as he did on everything, according to my dad. It was pointless to even begin. But there wasn’t much confusion either about who he was and how he acted.
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