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I want to be free. My abuser moved out almost two years ago, I am in therapy. We share three children and I protect them as much as I can.

I am trying to read and write my way into a life of my choosing.

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Quiet.

At Grief Group today, the therapist said that sometimes I am very quiet, but when I talk I have very insightful thoughts. I thanked him for that observation - it felt good to get that sort of compliment, and it seems like many members of the group appreciate my perspective. Today I am taking note of feeling seen. It is quite wonderful. There was a new person at group today, an older lady who had just lost her husband some months ago. She talked about the depression phase, and if it ever gets eas
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januarycanary in therapy

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SPACE

There isn't much space for grief. It's almost a month into grief group and I haven't quite gotten a handle on the impulse to feel ??? about mentioning non-death-related grief. Of all the things that are never talked about, maybe that one is the real kicker - we spend so much time trying to convince ourselves and the people around us that we are in fact OK. Maybe I should consider myself lucky. I am disabused of this obsession to present a face - when you've broken down in front of strangers and
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januarycanary in therapy

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