Rebuilding yourself after abuse takes time and it can seem scary once you’re free from such a relationship, but always remember that you’re not alone. You’re not weak, you’re strong for leaving such a hell. You may be broken, but you have this amazing ability to rebuild yourself all over again, from scratch. You have…
1. Even a heroine needs a hero sometimes. No, that doesn’t mean that she needs you to save her. It means she needs you to love her and support her. Just be there and she will save herself. 2. She has a tough exterior but a soft heart underneath. She won’t be clingy and mushy…
A very common cause of unhealthy relationships is codependency. The trouble with codependency is that it is something that is not easy to detect. People often seem to be unwilling to admit that they have it or they fail to recognize the symptoms. The best way to start is with determining what codependency actually is….
Even if he used words instead of fists, it was still abuse. Maybe he never hit you but his words hurt you more than any slap in your face or any kick with his leg. And the worst thing was that you thought that he would change. You thought that you were just having a…
Being in a relationship means merging two lives together and some compromises should be done. A little flexibility goes a long way. But compromising on things that make you you—those compromises should make you question staying in such a relationship. Here are some compromises that you should never make, no matter how much you love…
I never saw myself as an expert in love or someone who’s fit to give others advice when it comes to love, but thanks to the hell I’ve been through and the hell I’ve put myself through, I think I might be able to help someone by telling my story and actually help myself if…
1. You can’t stop thinking about him. OK, so this might be the obvious answer, but think about this a little bit more. We all know that when you are in love you think about that person all the time, in fact your whole life revolves around them. But when I say you can’t stop…
Can we get real for a minute? All this talk of men. The good ones, the bad ones, the ones who define our very being. Can we get off that for just a second? Can we talk about who we are without men? Who we become when we face ourselves in the mirror? Because we…
Throughout your life you may encounter people who take advantage of your insecurities so they make them bigger, never allowing you to have self-confidence or to love the person you are. They use verbal abuse in the form of sarcasm to make it all seem like it’s a joke but you’re always the one who…
As clichéd as it is to say, most girls like myself with big hearts pick the wrong guys to love. We pick the guys who don’t care about us at all. Who spend their time playing mind games with us and acting like they aren’t doing anything wrong. And that’s because in their eyes, they…