A Psychological Portrait of Coercive Control. She didn’t fall in love; she fell under hypnosis.
Reclaiming Her Soul from the Puppet Master
She was once radiant. Rooted in her truth, her spirit danced in color. But over time, the air thickened. He wove a world where her light dimmed; and his words became her gospel. What she thought was love was a labyrinth of gas-lighting, spiritual erasure, and coerced loyalty.
This is no ordinary heartbreak. It’s the aftermath of coercive entrapment, a psychological war waged behind closed doors.
The Psychology of Entrapment
Under his control, her boundaries dissolved. She became the mirror reflecting his version of reality.
Introjected Beliefs: His lies became her truths. She began defending his cruelty like it was sacred. Emotional Enmeshment: Her identity was no longer hers, it was a script he authored.
Neural Conditioning: Intermittent bursts of kindness wired her body to crave his approval, even through the pain.
The Spell of Trauma Bonding: He wasn’t just her husband, he became her compass, her god, her punisher. Through trauma bonding, abuse masqueraded as intimacy. Each betrayal was followed by a ritual of false forgiveness. Over time, her nervous system normalized it. Pain became proof of loyalty.
Spiritual Symbolism: this psychological descent mirrors the story of Ashura, where devotion is tested in the face of tyranny. Like those who stood with Imam Hussain, she must rise, not with vengeance, but with sacred resilience. Her healing is not a rejection of love, but a reclamation of its true form
The Path to Liberation – Therapy offers the compass. But cultural rituals and spiritual metaphors offer the soul balm. Somatic healing rewires her body’s survival patterns. – Narrative therapy helps her rewrite her life story from captive to sovereign. Cultural rituals restore ancestral memory, reminding her who she was before the spell.
She is not broken. She is awakening.
By Naazi Morad, based on true events
