You’ve started planning your exit, and then the doubt creeps in. What if I’m wrong? What if it wasn’t that bad? This post explores the quiet confusion many survivors face: loving someone who hurt you, questioning your memories, and feeling like you need proof to justify leaving. You don’t need permission to want peace.

Leaving isn’t always a straight line. When someone has hurt you and helped you, loved you and scared you, it’s normal to feel torn. This piece explores the grief, doubt, and invisible guilt that can follow you long after the relationship ends, and reminds you that safety doesn’t require proof, just your own knowing.