When your nervous system has adapted to chaos, healthy love can feel strangely unsafe. This post explores why safety feels uncomfortable and how healing rebuilds trust.

Healing after a dysfunctional relationship is hard, but with self-compassion, therapy, and understanding the grief process, you can move toward closure and a healthier future.

Leaving a toxic relationship isn’t about weakness, it’s about survival. This post explores why leaving can feel so hard, from trauma bonds and fear of change to the slow erosion of self-trust, and how healing begins.

How can you tell whether an abusive partner has genuinely changed or is simply making another promise? This article explores the cycle of abuse, empty apologies, and subtle manipulation tactics, offering clarity to help you prioritise your safety, self-trust, and wellbeing.

Why do you still love someone who hurt you? It’s not weakness—it’s a trauma bond shaped by your nervous system, attachment patterns, and the cycle of abuse. This post explores why the pull feels so strong and how healing begins.

Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse that slowly erodes your trust in your own perceptions.
Over time, it can leave you doubting your memory, your emotions, and even your sanity. This article explores how gaslighting works, why it’s so destabilising, and how to begin rebuilding self-trust after psychological manipulation.