This Is Why Abuse Cycles Occur and How to Make Them Stop

So abuse cycles happen because two people are powerless, trying to desperately find a way to take their power back. One does not want to ever be the abuser, and one doesn't ever want to be abused again. That's all that's happening. That's all that's happening. And the way out is to respect ourselves again and to respect humanity enough to have the guts to say to someone being abusive, no, this isn't good enough for me. You're going to need to stop. You're going to need to shift. You're going to need to find a way to deal with your shit some other way that's actually healthy. I'm asking you to do better. Or I can't be in a relationship with you because I respect myself too much.