Recovery After Emotional Abuse
Recovery after emotional abuse isn't linear. It's about untangling confusion, rebuilding self-trust, and gently restoring a sense of safety. Many people reach this stage already knowing something wasn't right, but still feel stuck with self-doubt or exhaustion.
These articles are for that middle ground: after recognition, before clarity fully returns. You'll find trauma-informed reflections on healing, boundaries, nervous system repair, and reclaiming your inner compass at a pace that honours what you've lived through.
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.
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.
Recovery from emotional abuse is about restoring trust in yourself, not becoming stronger or more resilient. With trauma-informed support, you can gradually rebuild boundaries, confidence, and a sense of safety in your body and relationships.
You deserve relationships grounded in respect and emotional safety and that healing begins with you.
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.