It gets exhausting not understanding your own reactions. Feeling too much in one moment and completely shut down …
Writing about healing after an abusive relationship. The small steps, the lessons learned, the science, and everything in between.
I started writing here because I couldn’t find what I needed to heal after I was safe. I didn’t understand why I felt the way I did, even though I was safe, and I couldn’t find what I needed to help me learn.
I needed content that took my experience seriously without treating me like I was fragile, while giving me actual information. That is what this blog is.
Posts here cover neuroscience, explanations on why how you feel makes complete sense, the practical and often unglamorous work of building your life, creative and the body as tools for healing, and what it looks like to grow into someone new on the other side of an abusive relationship.
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It gets exhausting not understanding your own reactions. Feeling too much in one moment and completely shut down …
At some point, you might feel like you need to talk to someone other than your journal or …
When you're finally ready to see a therapist, one of the quieter fears that doesn't get talked about …
When the immediate chaos has settled, and you're left with the quieter, harder question of what actually happened …
You've done the hard part of getting safe. Now you're ready to talk to someone. A real therapist …
Some days, the idea of getting on a video call and talking about what happened to someone you've …
There's a particular kind of clarity that comes, eventually, when you're far enough out from the worst of …
If you've ever quietly talked yourself out of booking therapy because the whole process feels like too much …
At some point, during healing, you might reach a stage when you want real support. Not another article, …