The "battered person" being the OSC, allowing the situation to continue; not any particular individual in the thread. I agree.Syntilla wrote:The OSC is currently displaying all the symptoms of 'battered wife syndrome'. Unless you recognise that fact - and take action - the eventual consequences could be catastrophic.
Having noticed what's up, my personal way of dealing with this has been, as witnessed, confronting the issue and trying to articulate what is so wrong with it. In my opinion, if the situation has been active for a loooong time and doesn't change by repeatedly confronting it, outlining what's wrong -- and in the end, someone always keeps saying something to the effect of "you have my word I'll stay away" ... and has been doing the equivalent for months (years?)... the appropriate response indeed becomes: "okay, let us help you do just that."