One of the harder things to explain to someone who hasn't been through it is how exhausting it …
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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One of the harder things to explain to someone who hasn't been through it is how exhausting it …
At some point after leaving, you start wanting to understand what actually happened, not just that it was …
When you're trying to understand what happened to you and to yourself, books and articles can only take …
There's a tense tiredness that comes after leaving. Not just from everything you're holding together practically, but from …
There’s this phase on healing that happens at a point after you start to feel safe in your …
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 …
A byproduct of an abusive relationship is the stripping of your self-worth. Your feelings routinely dismissed, your reactions …
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