When “love” comes with conditions, scripts, and invisible walls.
I wouldn’t have chosen the things that harmed me, but I’m grateful and proud of how I’m allowing myself to be shaped by them. Recovery keeps teaching me about mercy,…
Who in your life held you in unconditional high regard and rooted for you, ride or die, 24‑7‑365? Who in your life consistently instilled messages of doubt, fear, shame, guilt,…
Why I Did It Why did I marry a man who made me feel unsafe, unlovable, unworthy of comfort or acknowledgment? Because it was the kind of love I was…
Breaking the Cycle As I watch and try to untangle and make sense of what is happening, I see how those who need admiration will frequently and relentlessly cast a…