Dear Maya55:

I like your attitude, keeping a positive attitude and being sensible about your situation, not entertaining wishful thinking and expecting difficulties to come.

In this relationship you were mistreated. So it damaged you further. Focus best you can on exiting this relationship, this situation with minimal further damage. Treat yourself with gentleness.

One day you will have the opportunity to be a part of a healthy, loving relationship and that future relationship will make mending some of this damage possible.

We can’t help but be hurt when mistreated. Being mistreated, really is not evidence that you are worthy of mistreatment. It is evidence that mistreatment is an unfortunate and common reality we all live in.

I hope you post again, anytime.

anita