Coming Home With Awareness
Coming Home With Awareness
Twenty years after leaving an abusive relationship, another painful ending forced me to confront a familiar pattern: trusting other people’s explanations before trusting myself. This is the story of late neurodivergence recognition, rebuilding self-trust, and remembering the person I was before belonging required me to disappear.
When Her Well Wasn’t Well for Me
When Her Well Wasn’t Well for Me
Twenty years after leaving an abusive relationship, I entered a Christian crisis organization hoping to gain experience in survivor support and rebuild my relationship with faith. Instead, I found myself in another environment where belonging seemed to require silence, conformity, and distrust of my own perception.