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I'm going to put this as best I can and I hope it opens a few eyes for folks I'm directing this to.
When I was younger, even a young adult, I thought "If I was ever with a guy who didn't treat me right, I'd leave. I don't get why anyone would stay."
Then came 2011.
I'm going to put this as best I can and I hope it opens a few eyes for folks I'm directing this to.
When I was younger, even a young adult, I thought "If I was ever with a guy who didn't treat me right, I'd leave. I don't get why anyone would stay."
Then came 2011.
I entered a toxic relationship where cuts and bruises happened, where things were broken over my head, where police were called, where I almost took my own life.
I pushed my friends and family away because every time he apologized, I believed him. I was so "in love" that
I pushed my friends and family away because every time he apologized, I believed him. I was so "in love" that
I didn't see the writing on the wall. A few people told me to leave, I didn't. I pushed them away. Even the few times I escaped, he'd call and I'd go right back, not listening to the people giving me safe haven. This went on for years.
When your brain tricks you into seeing
When your brain tricks you into seeing
what it wants you to see, you cannot see what is truly happening. You cannot see the bad when things are good. And when they are bad, it only takes a small gesture to cover it all back up.
People stay in shitty relationships for multiple reasons, whether they don't see it,
People stay in shitty relationships for multiple reasons, whether they don't see it,
whether they are too afraid to leave, whether they feel like there's no one to turn to or nowhere to go. You don't know what is going through their minds. You also CANNOT change someones mind. So many people tried for years, but it's not something anyone else can decide.
It takes a moment in that persons OWN mind to decide "enough is enough" and sometimes that moment never comes.
But what DOES NOT HELP is the public eye poking and prodding at it. People making fun of the person who isn't leaving. People degrading someone who hasn't had their
But what DOES NOT HELP is the public eye poking and prodding at it. People making fun of the person who isn't leaving. People degrading someone who hasn't had their
moment of clarity. All it does is reaffirm in their mind that they are alone.
Treat people with respect, treat people with love. Show them the outside world isn't a mean, nasty place. Show them the other side is good and helpful. Sitting on your keyboards, making dumbass
Treat people with respect, treat people with love. Show them the outside world isn't a mean, nasty place. Show them the other side is good and helpful. Sitting on your keyboards, making dumbass
posts about someone who clearly is in trouble and needs compassion isn't going to do anything but harm and ultimately, karma will find its way to you.
If you don't know what it's like on the other side, you're lucky. For those of us that have been, it's the hardest thing
If you don't know what it's like on the other side, you're lucky. For those of us that have been, it's the hardest thing
to ever do, to sit there and watch someone you love go through it too, knowing there is nothing you can do but make sure your door is open.
Try to be a little better, internet.
Try to be a little better, internet.
