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From Chaos to Clarity: Rebuilding My Life After a Toxic Relationship
It started small. Isn’t that always the way? When I first met Jason, he was charming, attentive, and seemed too good to be true. He’d text me sweet messages all day, call me “his angel,” and tell me how lucky he was to have found me. It felt amazing—until it didn’t.
Pieces of Me: Rebuilding After a Sexual Assault
In the days and weeks after the assault, I was in survival mode. I didn’t feel anything, which, in hindsight, was its own kind of feeling. Numbness wrapped itself around me like a blanket, keeping everything at arm’s length.
Teaching My Kids What I Never Learned: Breaking Generational Patterns
Generational trauma is when unhealthy patterns—like being too strict, ignoring emotions, or using fear to control behavior—get passed down through families. It’s not always intentional.
How Moving to a New City Saved My Mental Health
I won’t lie and say the move “cured” me. Healing doesn’t work like that. I’m still dealing with complex PTSD, but the episodes of psychosis? They’ve stopped. For the first time in years, I feel like I’m not constantly on the verge of losing myself.
Finding What Works: My Journey to a Growth Mentality and Better Mental Health
I had unknowingly developed a growth mentality, the belief that every challenge is an opportunity to learn and evolve. This mindset didn’t mean life suddenly became easy.