Coercive Control: Abuse in Hiding

August 26, 2025
|In Lived Experience Blog
|By Sneha S

Coercive control is insidious. It is strategic. It is abuse in hiding.

He: didn’t look for someone to love; he looked for someone to control.

She: Easy going, friendly, positive person = gullible to manipulation.

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We acknowledge, with deep respect the palawa people, the traditional owners of lutruwita (Tasmania/Van Diemen’s Land). The palawa people belong to the oldest continuing culture in the world. They have lived in union with Country for many thousands of years. We express gratitude for their custodianship and stand with palawa people in the declaration that sovereignty remains unceded.

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