Avoid Self-Blame to Maximally Empower March 23, 2020Abuse, Covert-Aggression, Depression, Empowerment, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationshipsabuse, covert characters, depression, empowerment, exploitation, moving on, self-blame, toxic relationshipsDr. Simon Self-blame in the aftermath of a toxic relationship is common. Victims blame themselves for not realizing things sooner and for tolerating things too long.