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According to Women’s Aid, a leading charity that tackles domestic abuse against women and girls, There were 43,774 offences of coercive control recorded by the police in England and Wales (excluding Devon and Cornwall) in the year ending March 2023.

When it comes to coercive control, Women’s Aid says: “Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a survivor’s life. It works to limit their human rights by depriving them of their liberty and reducing their ability for action.”

Now, Paige Moyce, a relationship coach has taken to her TikTok channel to warn people about the phrases that could indicate coercive control.

Red-flag phrases to listen for

“We’re not talking about this anymore, you need to get over it, you can’t keep bringing it up”

Moyce says: “This is a classic one. When somebody has treated you in a way that is completely unacceptable or has done something to betray your trust, whatever it may be.

“When you are trying to heal from that, have conversations about that... you are shut down. This is the person trying to control your emotions, by making you feel like what you are feeling and what you want to talk about is wrong.”

While we can’t keep rehashing the same conversations over and over, Moyce says, “in order to heal, it has to be spoken about. There has to be a resolution, there has to be a plan.”

When a person is trying to skip these essential conversations, they want to sweep your feelings and their behaviour under the rug.

“Maybe because they don’t want to feel the guilt, maybe because they think........

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