by Ada » Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:46 pm
That's talking about being manipulated. People in that category can't be said to be abusers in the same way as the person doing the manipulating. Their behaviour isn't deliberately malicious.
Yes, abuse by proxy is a form of abuse. But the people being "used" aren't choosing to abuse, or even abusing through neglect. So I wouldn't call them "abusers".
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