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391 "Trapped in a toxic relationship."

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Published April 14, 2018 19 Comments

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  1. Jeannie DeeJeannie Dee says

    April 14, 2018 at 6:15 am

    nnnh hhhhhhf this fucking kills to read but i’ll be damned if it isn’t validating ú.=.ù

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  2. Brigitte BakerBrigitte Baker says

    April 14, 2018 at 6:29 am

    In my case, *I’m* the one who’s poisonous. I feel sorry for the people who care about me, can’t understand why they stick around. Must be love. I’m thankful for it, tho.

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  3. Felis DeeFelis Dee says

    April 14, 2018 at 6:38 am

    It doesn’t blind you to the abuse; it makes you think that’s all you deserve. ?

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    • Alex KramerAlex Kramer says

      April 14, 2018 at 6:40 am

      Truth

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    • Lee says

      September 23, 2018 at 12:30 am

      This is definitely what it is. If they ignore you, constantly, you think it’s something you’ve done, so you accept it. If they call you names, it’s probably not even as bad as you say to yourself, so you shrug it off. If they hit you, you assume it’s because you’re doing something wrong and deserve it. In my opinion, it’s one of the worst and most dangerous parts of being depressed in a relationship.

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  4. Alana FarleyAlana Farley says

    April 14, 2018 at 7:33 am

    Truth lol

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  5. AJ Fawxe says

    April 14, 2018 at 11:22 am

    Eventually you start to believe that you’ve done something to deserve it. I’ve been there. You start to think that the other person isn’t bad, you’re just a fuck up.

    At that point you don’t think you deserve positive attention, so you either stay in the same fucked up relationship, or you bounce from abuser to abuser.

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  6. AFr says

    April 14, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Ugh. I didn’t really get this one, the last panel to be exact. Can anyone explain this to me? Thank you.

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    • \m/ says

      April 14, 2018 at 4:50 pm

      That’s probably open to interpretation.
      Either the guy is a a liar and using the “my last gf/bf abused me” line to get chicks or is now unable to hold on to any relationship or she is just blind to the fact that she is in an abusive relationship.

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      • ❀ says

        April 14, 2018 at 8:02 pm

        My interpretation of it was that he ended up going back to the toxic relationship anyway, regardless of how much love she gave him.

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        • Anne says

          April 14, 2018 at 10:41 pm

          That’s what I took away from it, since the person he ran off with is wearing a t-shirt that says “toxic ex.” But those are all really good ideas!

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    • Valentino Fontaine says

      April 18, 2018 at 11:50 pm

      well for asnwering this i will qoute some things

      ”love yourself before loving others”

      ”one acept the love that one think deserve”

      ”What “you can’t love another until you love yourself” is trying (and failing) to convey is that if you hate yourself, it makes it very hard to respect anyone who would love a piece of shit like you. And without respect there can be no love. Sooner or later, the depressed person starts wondering what is WRONG with their partner that they stay with such a horrible person as themselves and before long that can turn into suspicion, jealousy, doubt, distancing behaviours, lashing out, and even a cycle of abuse.”

      the male think he deserve a toxic relation, so he end comimg back to it

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      • Valentino Fontaine says

        April 19, 2018 at 2:27 am

        ironically the girl by staying with someone ike this,is having a toxic relationship too

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  7. Shanamonic says

    April 15, 2018 at 1:01 am

    It may also be a pattern learned as a child since depression and mental illness often run in families. Trying to get love and attention from someone incapable of it sets the bar pretty low.That last panel was startling and genius I think – how easily the depressed character can slip back into old ways of thinking.

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  8. Lithium Dragon says

    April 15, 2018 at 5:18 am

    Oof… right in the heart. But thank you for this <3

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    • clay says

      April 15, 2018 at 5:59 am

      No problem, it was inspired by your comment in #378.

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  9. Opti Miserablic says

    April 17, 2018 at 5:08 am

    Something about this particular comic feels incredibly…90’s aesthetic. I wouldn’t know much about that though. (I’m only twenty!)

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  10. BP says

    April 20, 2018 at 2:41 am

    Reminds me of the song “Girl with Golden Eyes” by Sixx AM. That’s about drug abuse, but the writer likens it to an abusive relationship.

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  11. Anon says

    May 12, 2018 at 10:50 am

    I’ve heard that some people feel that either they’re being treated too nicely, or that any argument or problem they have with their healthier relationship is proof that they need the toxic person in their life to help them, thus, the last panel.

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