Can someone who has

Can someone who has been in an abusive toxic relationship then become an abuser?

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

It happens, especially in the case of abusive parents. The child grows up believing that this is what parental love looks like, and then they do the same when they become parents.

I know a guy who is in prison, partly for this reason.