Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Today I want to discuss the upheaval of emotions that often follows leaving an abusive relationship. When you’ve been in such a situation, you’re likely to experience a flood of feelings — sadness, anger, resentment, and…
Photo by frame harirak on Unsplash Today, I’ll be answering the question of why is it that you don’t really follow the ‘good’ advice people give you when you’re in an abusive relationship. By advice here, I mean, let’s say your…
Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering this question: What is the best self-care after abuse? Self-care is all about taking care of yourself, taking care of your emotional, mental, and physical well-being. So, taking generally they taking…
Photo by Soragrit Wongsa on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering the question of what do you do when you remember the good times of the abusive relationship. They may have been physically abusive, emotionally abusive, verbally abusive, or just all those…
Photo by Tengyart on Unsplash Today I’ll be addressing the question of why you invalidate your feelings after experiencing abuse. Invalidating your feelings refers to moments when you experience emotions but dismiss or downplay them. For example, you might feel regretful…
Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering this question: Does hobbies help in your healing journey? Hobbies, here, are like, let’s say, your hobbies are traveling the world, reading books, playing games, playing video games, talking to friends — all those…
Photo by Gus Moretta on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering this question: Do abusers escalate the abuse if you allow them back into your life? This is a very interesting question because, in fact, I think research has said that most…
Photo by Yoann Boyer on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering this question: can you really ever go back to the person you used to be before the narcissistic abuse? Let’s say you were in an abusive romantic relationship for a couple…
Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering the question of why do you secretly want your abusive ex back. Yes, you may go to forums and say, “I don’t want them back, I don’t really want them, I…
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering the question: Are they really emotionally abusive, or are they just avoidant? This is a very interesting question with a lot of opinions, controversies, and different perspectives. But let me first…
Photo by Emily Bauman on Unsplash Today I’ll be answering the question of whether rituals help in your healing journey. By rituals, I mean things like daily journaling, daily meditation, daily affirmations, or just those things you’ve been told that doing…
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash Today, I’ll be addressing the question of why you may be afraid of expressing yourself after leaving an abusive relationship. Expressing yourself, whether at your workplace, with family, or to anyone, including professionals like lawyers…
