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Why “you are not crazy” is the first line of defense

From the introduction: deflection, validity, and how toxic love rewrites the script in your own head, and how to unlearn it.

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Five years out: healing is not a straight line

Depression, doubt, anxiety with new people: the author on giving yourself grace and still trying to be better every day.

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Replacing bad memories with new ones (on purpose)

Don’t stay stuck. Go to the same places with people who love you, and make new stories filled with peace.

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“My children are the strength that carried me through. The love I have for them showed me how strong I am as a mother and as a woman.”

Veronique Eloise