document updated 10 years ago, on Jun 1, 2015

abuse chains:
- Margaret ⇒ Bill ⇒ me
- Margaret ⇒ Paul ⇒ J-e-f-f
- high-school bully ⇒ me
- me ⇒ cat
various Wikipedia articles:
- psychological effects of child abuse
- attachment theory
- C-PTSD and attachment theory
there are several patterns of abuse that repeat over different time scales:
- within one relationship — cycle of abuse
- across one person's different relationships —
- across multiple people — intergenerational cycle of violence
other articles
- trauma and co-dependency