Abuse is nasty. Please don’t stay “for the kids”, you’re not doing us a favor. My life, my childhood, hell even now my adulthood is defined by the ups and downs and the cycle of anger and abuse. It’s all going to waste. I’m going to waste. Hope can’t survive here,neither can happiness, it’s hard to even know what my dreams are. There are things i will never forgive.
Don’t tolerate abuse. If not for your own self respect then at least for any others who are affected. People show you who they are, believe them the first time. There’s so much damage that happens not only physically but mentally. I was emotionally neglected all throughout my childhood, i experience depression that can be severe, heck at one point i couldn’t hear loud voices without shaking and crying. I can’t recognize or navigate/manage my emotions because of my emotional neglect. I can’t recognize any strengths of mine, any hopes or aspirations, despite feeling like i have untapped potential, because of my emotional neglect. Abuse, neglect, all these things run so f****** deep that it’s not even funny to fathom staying. You deserve better. Your kids deserve better. Y’all deserve a safe place to be human. To laugh and cry out loud. To be yourselves. To not walk on eggshells. To be happy and go out and experience life. To not live like i do. (Ik its easier said than done but its gotta start)
