battered wife

Wife or girlfriend who is victimized by being physically, emotionaaly and/or verbally abused by their loser boyfriends or husbands and are convinced that it is okay or that they will not find anyone else to love them and are practically brainwashed.

Girl 1: he hit me again
Girl 2: why do you put up with him?
GIrl 1: because he tells me he loves and needs me. I am the only one for him.
Girl 2: you're starting to sound like a battered wife

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Battered Wife Syndrome

A theory of multiple victimization using the "cycle of violence" and learned helplessness to explain the development of a psychological problem in women who are repeatedly abused by their husbands.

The person becomes depressed and unable to take any independent action that would allow him or her to escape the abuse.

I think he's suffering from Battered Wife Syndrome. He is a timid person, unable to think for himself and is tentative about making any decision for fear of being verbally or physically attacked.

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