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We want to believe that this sort of thing happens in every relationship. We tell ourselves we’re just so in love and with every passionate thing, there’s bound to be blazing fights.

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Each time I type out my story, I refrain from publishing it out of fear, doubt, victim’s guilt.

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What’s worse is it was abusive, and what’s worse is I believed I was the problem.

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Healing is a lonely process, because very few people will understand what you’ve been through, but it is also a pretty exciting one.

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I wanted to bury myself in the sand to avoid judgment.

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You hate him almost as much as you love him, and you hate yourself a little for feeling both things.

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I am stronger than you know.

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You may wish to brush this statement aside. After all, statistics can quickly dry out matters like this.

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Is your partner kinder and more respectful to others in public than they are to you behind closed doors? Do you find that the way your partner treated you in the beginning of the relationship is unrecognizable from the way your partner treats you now?

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There are certain outfits he doesn’t let you wear and certain selfies he won’t let you post. If you look too attractive, he’s worried other boys will try to steal you away.