Do you have one of those days where you feel a bit better than other days, but then one tiny detail you randomly noticed unlocked a memory of someone who wronged you, and now you feel like you were punched in the guts?
Only it's attempted rape so you couldn't walk it back or ignore it to reconnect with said person?
I found myself watching metallic gel nail video after video, yet I don't feel any urge to do it. Even though, I'm very easily influenced, aesthetic wise. Then I remembered that one time that man held my hands and trimmed my painted black nails himself. That one tiny act of kindness made me see that he was, too, a full person.
I can't reconcile his humanity (or undetected malicious intent) with the monstrosity he showed me at the end of the relationship.
I wanted to hate him, I do hate him. Somehow it still devastated me. It feels wrong to mourn someone that saw me as a possible sex object.
Does it get easier?













