Give yourself some breathing space after leaving

by Martane Jackson
(Atlanta, Ga.)

All the lying, cheating, and manipulating ways of your abuser become part of a the 'normal' life and way of being within an abusive relationship.

Once you get the courage to get out, and have managed to also get away from the manipulation and attempts of further control and emotional abuse, just allow yourself some breathing space.

This breathing space will allow you to re-prioritize your life. To break away from a world with daily confusion and walking on eggshells.

Once the healing has started - after the previous abusive 'norm' is a thing of the past - then it is a good time to think about what YOU want to do with your life, to re-evaluate what is important for you in your life.