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When you feel angry instead of grateful after leaving a toxic relationship

I know I should feel grateful that I escaped but instead I feel angry that I lost three years of my life to someone who never really loved me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Grief for time lost and self abandoned can emerge as rage when the pressure to feel grateful bypasses necessary mourning.

Ideas that help explain it
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