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One reason abused children often become abused adults is that we were taught that love coexists with abuse.
Then, when someone new abuses us, we can accept that as love, never having known the real thing.
Then, when someone new abuses us, we can accept that as love, never having known the real thing.
That abuse that feels like love to us because we don’t know that love and abuse are meant to go hand in hand?
Sometimes it’s from a lover or partner. Sometimes it’s from a friend. And? Sometimes it from another intimate relationship, like - for example - a religious community.
Sometimes it’s from a lover or partner. Sometimes it’s from a friend. And? Sometimes it from another intimate relationship, like - for example - a religious community.
You are worthy of love, and love is not abusive.
Maybe you didn’t learn what red flags were for danger because life was rife with red flags as a kid.
Maybe you didn’t learn you deserved protection because you didn’t receive it from those who should have given it freely.
Maybe it’s time to unlearn and relearn what is true.
Maybe you didn’t learn you deserved protection because you didn’t receive it from those who should have given it freely.
Maybe it’s time to unlearn and relearn what is true.
