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Why forgiveness doesn't always mean forgetting

My partner cheated on me three years ago and we worked through it, but I still bring it up during arguments and I can see it's destroying us both but I can't seem to stop.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Someone discovers that choosing to forgive doesn't automatically heal the emotional wounds or change ingrained response patterns.

Worth thinking about

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