Surviving Abuse is One of the Loneliest Chapters

Surviving abuse is one of the loneliest chapters a human can know. ⁣ The internal dialogue that questions whether it’s our fault, if we were a different person, would we not hurt as much, if we speak up, will we be hurt further. ⁣
⁣These conversations around what abuse really is (a one-sided choice an abuser makes to harm another person), are long overdue in order to release the survivor from believing the toxic positivity and/or gaslighting that comes with speaking up to survive.
~ Nate Postlethwait