There's a tense tiredness that comes after leaving. Not just from everything you're holding together practically, but from …
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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There's a tense tiredness that comes after leaving. Not just from everything you're holding together practically, but from …
Feeling safe isn't just about where you are. It's about knowing that if something happened, someone would know. …
NoonlightSometimes what you need is the knowledge that if something went wrong, help would come. Not through a …
There's a particular kind of mental load that comes with doing ordinary things alone, a walk at night, …
After everything you've been through, rebuilding a sense of safety in your daily life takes real work, and …
There's an exhaustion that comes from scanning. Eyes moving to the window, ears catching every sound, your nervous …
When you're safe, but your body hasn't caught up yet, the scanning never really stops. You hear a …