I wanted to release the ex from the harm that he's done to me and my kid so that I could feel better. You could call that forgiveness, but it was more like 'release and detach'. Yet I couldn't do it. And I definitely couldn't forgive. I couldn't even pray.
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Six years ago, you would have seen me exhausted, weak, sick, and afraid. I look back on that now and I'm so grateful for how far I've come. So have you, dear sister.
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Everything was piling up and weighing on me, and one day I just couldn’t hold it in anymore. I sat down on the floor and sobbed. It all came crashing down on me and I couldn’t hide the feelings like I usually did.
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You’ve probably gotten used to just doing whatever your ex wants because you’re afraid of what will happen if you don’t. You’ll know this stuff is coming and you can stand firm. Take it one boundary at a time and solve one problem at a time.
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"How can I have been so stupid?"
Have you asked yourself that? Thinking it, likely saying it a lot, especially after you come to the knowledge of the truth of what you've been dealing with in your narcissist ex-husband. Realizing, like I did, that he's been lying to me for 20 years!
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