Tag: personal story
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Things People Say When They Don’t Understand
One of the hardest parts of toxic relationships is not always the relationship itself. Sometimes it is the people around it. The friends.The family.The coworkers.The well-meaning people with strong opinions and no idea what they’re talking about. Because when you’re already confused, ashamed, attached, exhausted, and trying to survive something unhealthy… being surrounded by people…
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He Made Me Prove I Hadn’t Shaved
I wish I could say I laughed. Like properly laughedand hung up the phoneand told someone later“you will not believe what he just asked me” I didn’t. We’d already argued. It had blown up over LinkedIn. Not even proper social media. LinkedIn. People I don’t even know or talk to.Companies.People in my industry.Stuff related to…
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How To Support Someone Who Is Struggling To Leave
Watching someone you care about stay in something painful can be frustrating. You can see it clearly.You can see how tired they are.You can see the excuses getting thinner.You can see them shrinking. And still, they stay. Or they leave… and go back.Then leave again.Then answer the call they swore they wouldn’t. It can make…
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He Thought I Was Flirting With A Kid And His Dad
I was at the shops.On the phone to him.Because that’s just how it was.Not because I wanted to.It just wasn’t really an option not to.We were just talking.Nothing big.Nothing serious.And I was standing near this kid and his dad.Just waiting.Normal.The kid said something.I don’t even remember what.Just something small.Something a kid would say.And I did…
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I Became Good At Survival, Bad At Living
I became very good at survival. Not the cool kind. Not the type where you can build a fire, skin a fish, or get dropped in the Amazon and somehow return three days later with a beard and wisdom. No. The useless kind. The deeply specific kind of survival skills you develop in unhealthy relationships.…
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I Quit My Job For Love (Spoiler: It Wasn’t Love)
There was a time I left a job because of a relationship. Even writing that now feels uncomfortable. Because if someone had told me that story years ago, I would’ve judged it too. You quit your job… for a man? Embarrassing. Humbling. Character development I did not request. But it didn’t happen the way people…
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I Tried Witchcraft To Make Him Text Me
I wish I could say this was a joke. Like one of those “I was so crazy back then” stories. It’s not. I was dead serious. We hadn’t spoken in months. One of those long breaks where you tell yourself “this is it, it’s done this time.” And you almost believe it. But it never…
Still Leaving 