08/22/2026
It’s really easy to get stuck here.⠀
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You want them to understand why you’re hurt. You want them to acknowledge what happened. You want to hear, “I get it. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have treated you that way.”⠀
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But what happens when they never say it?⠀
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What happens when they minimize it, defend it, remember it differently, or somehow find a way to make you the problem?⠀
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You can spend a really long time trying to get validation from the same person who made you question yourself in the first place.⠀
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At some point, you have to decide that you know what you experienced.⠀
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They don’t have to agree that it hurt you for it to have hurt. They don’t have to understand why you’re leaving for you to leave. And they don’t have to give you permission to move forward.⠀
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You can give yourself that. 🫶⠀
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