Wow, that must be incredibly painful! I'm so sorry.

Earlier on in therapy, T and I talked about why bad things seem to happen to some people....For me, in particular, my dysfunctional childhood led me to being easy prey for unhealthy people. Now that I am an adult, I need to learn to create boundaries, work on my outlook and behaviors and redirect myself to accept healthier relationships in my life - and reject the unhealthy. It's difficult, because those red flags that many people have, I tend to not feel or see....so it's hard for me to know what may be unhealthy until I am immersed in it. Recognizing the signs is an important start, but only after I've learned how to accept being deserved of better. This is still my struggle. I don't feel that way many times, but I try to act as though I do feel deserved of better.

It's not easy navigating out of unhealthy and then finding healthy in life....