i believe some people can develop emotionally manipulative personalities from the trauma they endured in childhood. i believe as adults, they may unintentionally manipulate others. i say unintentional because they are consciously doing the action but to achieve their goal…
If you have to consistently fight for someone to see your worth/to treat you the way you deserve, it does not matter how much they love you, don’t settle. There is always a love that will be ready. To honor, to cherish and to value you in the ways you’ve always dreamed.
Dating is so partner oriented nowadays, I had to really teach myself talking to someone 24/7 is not normal or healthy in anyway shape or form. Do you realize how crazy it is to get mad at someone for not receiving a text back after a couple hours when y’all speak EVERYDAY?
Respect is no longer on the table if you straight out mention it or call them out on it but they continue doing the things they know that hurt or bother you.
Men have tricked you into believing that your criticism of their abuse is invalid unless you simultaneously report the ways that your response might have hurt them.
Listen. Hating a man for hurting you does not mean you deserved it, and it does not make you the same.
having your emotions consistently invalidated as a child & one day waking up as an adult expected to validate your own emotions in order to set boundaries & trust your feelings over everyone else’s is an extremely wild fucking experience. be gentle with yourself. you’re learning.
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Just a friendly reminder that if your partner is aware of how they hurt you but isn’t ready to take accountability and apologize for it, they aren’t your “partner”!
When you do start to miss that person, ask yourself: is satisfying your short-term longing more significant than the long-term pain they’ve been putting you through?
The psych urge to say, "your feelings are valid but it's not a badge to excuse your bad behavior. All emotions are valid but you need to be responsible for how you act and for what you do. Okay?"
a girl on tik tok just said “I would rather adjust my life to your absence, than adjust my boundaries to accommodate your disrespect” and I think that a lot of people need to take that and really engrave it into their soul.
In relationships, the lack of communication leaves room for interpretation and painful uncertainty. Even the most confident person will find themselves filling the silence with the ugliest scenarios they can think of. Even then, the silence feels crueler. Communication matters.