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How to survive leaving unhealthy relationship ☠️

  Most of us in life experience at least one relationship that becomes unhealthy for us.  I’ve had my share of long term relationships that were abusive and codependent where I ended up as a shell of who I was. 😶‍🌫️ Leaving is hard because you’ve lost all confidence in who you are as a person. Abusive people show traits of narcissism and usually have attachment issues from childhood which tend to create a toxic playground and codependency/trauma bonding in…

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He only loves you if he hits you

  I once overheard a female prisoner saying this to another prisoner and it’s stuck with me ever since. 😔  There are women out there who’ve been brainwashed, manipulated and controlled to the extent that they believe if their partner physically assaults them, they do it out of love. 💔  The cycle of trauma bonding is so real in this type of belief.    WHAT IS TRAUMA BONDING? Contrary to what many believe, trauma bonding isn’t about bonding over shared…

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