Respected My Needs

[gist]

Yesterday I broke up with a guy that I really liked because our needs don't seem compatible. After six years accommodating my abusive ex, I stopped trusting myself to make healthy decisions. Yesterday I started earning that trust back by respecting my needs and doing what's healthy for me. :)

 

[AngelPaws14]

Good for you! It's important to respect ourselves before we can expect others to or be able to trust and respect others. I feel selfish sometimes when I put myself first (was in a relationship where he was always first and when i got sick and he was no longer first he became mentally abusive and tried to destroyed all my confidence and self-worth) but if I ever want to be happy, healthy, and stronger then I have to always come first. So don't feel bad about taking control of you or the way you live your life. There is a saying that I just love so much and it goes like this..... "Your opinion of me is none of my damn business!"

Quotes and inspirational blurbs have always helped me gain some positive insight to life and get through a lot in the past. I am finally at a point where the PTSD view doesn't just yell "no thats stupid and will never be how i feel" to every good quote I read now. It's been a long rough time but there actually is a tunnel and at the end I see light now!

 

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@gist
That is HUGE!!!!!
You climbed Mount Everest!!!(psychologically speaking)
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[Laurie2001]

Hi Gist. Don't know you but that is really great to hear. Such a positive step to take! You go girl! (I love that phrase)