How to Get Out of Quicksand (It’s Not Like the Movies!)

Ever felt like the more you try to escape a bad situation, the deeper you sink? That’s the reality of The Quicksand Model® of coercive control. Coercive controllers use force, fraud, and fear to entrap you. It’s like real quicksand—the harder you try to get out, the more stuck you become. They use doublespeak, saying one thing and meaning another, so you’re always second-guessing yourself. There are double standards, where their rules only apply to you, never them. Then comes the double bind: yo

Man tries to show how to survive in quicksand, but sinks