Ele destruiu minha vida, mas não conseguiu me quebrar

Lembro-me de quando ele entrou na minha vida, o momento em que tudo mudou.

Se eu soubesse na altura o que sei agora.

Eu nunca teria dito que sim. Nunca o teria deixado consumir-me da forma como o fez.

I thought that the change was for good, or at least that’s what he convinced me to think.

Needless to say, it wasn’t only não é bom – it was a nightmare. Something you don’t recover from easily.

I don’t like to make villains out of people, but some of them don’t leave you any choice. In my life, he’s the villain.

I don’t want to hate him, even though he made my life miserable when I didn’t deserve it.

Ninguém merece uma coisa destas. Ninguém merece ser traído, manipulado e enganado.

Why is being a decent person so hard? It almost seems like it’s a special requirement these days.

What’s worse, it’s almost impossible to recognize a genuine person because the level of everyday manipulation and toxicity is through the roof almost everywhere you look.

I fell for it and now I know better. It put me under so much stress – I didn’t act like myself for months. I lost myself even though I never did anything wrong.

How can someone purposely decide to ruin the life of a person they’ve loved? I will never understand.

A dor de saber que ele fez o que fez só para me magoar deixou-me de rastos.

Passado algum tempo, começou a tornar-se claro para mim.

I started to see through his lies and finally free myself from his web of illusions – the false things he made me believe about myself, the false things I still believed about him.

It wasn’t my fault I loved, but it was my responsibility to decide not to be a victim.

Queria aprender com a minha experiência e não deixar que uma pessoa medisse o meu valor.

Um dia decidi que já era suficiente. Decidi finalmente começar a respeitar-me.

Se ele ia ser um vilão, mais valia eu ser um super-herói.

He tore my life apart but he couldn’t break me.

That’s why I’m here, now, writing these words – knowing I overcame my fears.

Now I know I’m a woman worthy of love and happiness, I don’t carry guilt or sadness in my heart.

Now I know my own strength. Whoever that scared little girl was, she’s not here anymore.

Não vou deixar ninguém ditar a minha vida e o que devo fazer com ela, especialmente um homem abusivo.

I’m finally taking my life into my own hands – and whatever happens to me I will be content because everything was my decision.

Luckily, it turns out I’m good at making decisions for myself – number one being ditching him from my life.

That’s when things started getting better.

I don’t stress over insignificant things anymore; I don’t care what others have to say about my life.

A única coisa que me interessa é o meu bem-estar e a felicidade das pessoas que me amam verdadeiramente.

There’s no other way to make peace with your past and yourself than to start radically loving yourself, forgiving yourself, and cheering for yourself.

Don’t accept love from others when you’re not giving it to yourself.

Love yourself, but love yourself truly. Not only when you’re doing great, but when you’re feeling low too.

Think of yourself as your friend. Would you criticize or comfort your friends when they don’t feel their best?

Don’t let experiences break you, learn from them, and come back stronger.

You’re not something that’s easily replaced, you’re a whole unique woman with exceptional abilities. Respect yourself.

You deserve the best. Why wouldn’t you? Don’t settle and never let anyone settle for you.

You deserve a man who will make you feel good, who’s mature enough to see what’s really important.

Um homem que terá um vislumbre da tua alma através dos teus olhos na primeira vez que te vir.

Continua a acreditar no amor como continuaste a acreditar em ti própria e, mais uma vez, prova ao mundo que nada neste mundo pode quebrar uma mulher que sabe o seu valor.