Tag: trauma bond
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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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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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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 