That subtle feeling that you get when something isn’t quite right can be easier to dismiss than to spend time reflecting on. 🤔 But learning how to listen to that “off” feeling without panic or self-doubt is a skill. Instead of ignoring it, justifying it, gaslighting yourself or rushing to fix it, try asking yourself some curious questions instead: “Am I responding to what’s actually happening right now, or to who I’m afraid of upsetting?” …
You’re second guessing your own feelings. 😔 You feel hurt by the way they treat you, and wonder if you’re just overreacting. You feel uncomfortable with what they’ve said to you, but tell yourself you’re being too sensitive. You KNOW in your gut that something is off, and has been for ages… but you gaslight yourself and convince yourself otherwise. 💨💡 So you continue to minimise, justify and rationalise their words, their actions, their lack…
There came a moment in my past abusive relationships where something inside me said “not this, not anymore“. Initially, it was a whisper, and the whisper got louder until I just couldn’t ignore it. If this is happening to you right now too, it may still be a whisper that you don’t fully trust yet – and that’s totally ok. But you are feeling it. Thinking it. Knowing it, deep in your bones somewhere. That nagging feeling that…