Emotionally abusive people tend to shift the responsibility of their actions onto their victim. Since victims are often highly sensitive people, they not only begin to internalize the blame but also become overly apologetic which further feeds & validates the ego of the culprit.

2/n) What really is bothersome is that the culprit after emotionally abusing the victim assumes that even after years, the victim may still have feelings of affection for them. This assumption not only disregards the impact of abuse on victim but is also a form of self-deception.

3/n) Just because the victim was apologetic during the abuse period doesn't mean the fault belongs to him/her. Similarly, their overly apologetic behavior doesn't absolve the culprit of any responsibility. Time never heals but gives victim enough time to reflect on the entire...

4/n) .... episode of emotional abuse and to draw lessons out of the misery. Whereas, the culprit see time as an opportunity to hop onto another victim and repeat the cycle.

5/n) A culprit never really wants the victim to move on with abuse or even with life and hence tries to make efforts to keep the victim bothered one way or the other despite being able to find another victim.