My sister and I both lived through our mother's emotional manipulation and gaslighting for decades, but now that we're both in therapy and talking about it, we're realizing we remember things so differently and protected ourselves in ways that sometimes meant abandoning each other. We want to rebuild our relationship but we keep stepping on each other's wounds without meaning to.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who survived the same harmful dynamics are discovering that their protective strategies created distance between them, and healing requires navigating both shared wounds and the ways they hurt each other.
“Where Are You with Healing after a toxic relationship?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.