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When couples try to rebuild after emotional abuse but can't sync their healing timelines

My partner has started acknowledging that what they did to me was emotionally abusive, but now they want us to 'move forward' and get frustrated when I'm still processing the damage. We both want to repair this but we're operating on completely different timelines for healing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

One person's readiness to move past abuse doesn't automatically create the other's capacity to trust again.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Emotional abuse in relationships?”

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