* Healing is not linear, it takes as long as it takes.
Gaslighting is a gradual erosion of the spirit.
A drip, drip, drip, insidious act carried out by malignant narcissists!
To heal, you have to try and erase the tape.
The tape that told you every day….”you are ugly”, “ you are unworthy of love”.
Again, I repeat………I share my story to give hope to others, not for sympathy!
If you are in a toxic relationship………..get out now!
I am a domestic abuse survivor, and I am proud of how far I have come!
I am not finished yet!
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A heart brim full of pain.
Bad choices we make.
Nothing stops the ache.
We seek others to validate.
Emptying our cups to prove
we are enough.
Practise self-love first until the dam bursts.
Allow your tears to cascade.
You are not your trauma.
You were not to blame.
Then, reassemble the pieces of your heart
until you are whole again.
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