Lately, for a lot of reasons - I’ve been thinking about abuse. Emotional abuse; the worst kind in my opinion, and the hardest to recover from in a very literal and allegorical sense, whether we abuse ourselves (constantly underestimated as abuse), or someone abuses us / we abuse them - with our words (or lack of words), our body language, our unspoken “social speak”. . . . To provoke someone until they roar, and then get angry at them for becoming a lion. #emotionalabuse #emotionalabuseawareness #wordscutdeep It also wasn’t until recently that I realized I do have legit #PTSD from #survivingemotionalabuse , I go over it again and again in my head , trying to untie to knot in my stomach that proves so obviously the truth, but it’s undeniable. But #iamawarrior and #ithurtstobecome nonetheless #iamgettingthere #daybyday #instadaily one ☝🏻 tiny #self affirmation at a time, one tiny #selfcare moment. #lifeisaboutmorethanjustsurviving . . . . “The axe forgets what the tree remembers.” - African Proverb Sure. I can forgive but it is impossible to forget, unless someone has one of those brain wipe away memory things lol. #ichoosetoforgive for my own health and the health and benefit of those I love, but I will NEVER allow those who’ve taken me do granted, used me, invalidated me and so on to make ME feel as if I’m the crazy one. For the record, I was NEVER the crazy one. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXwSB2Bdak/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xnafge69dt9v