My husband gradually reorganized my life when we first met, criticizing my friends and obliterating my trust in all of them, until we were all we had left. He became my moon, constantly circling, controlling my tides of self-doubt,
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“I heard someone say once that when you try to fix people’s hurt, you’re controlling it instead of sitting with them and connecting.”
― Before I Let Go
― Before I Let Go
“She’s not someone you banished with therapy and meds. She is you. You cannot dissociate from her. Until you reconcile that, you won’t find true peace. Until you have compassion for her instead of judgment, you cannot fully heal.”
― Before I Let Go
― Before I Let Go
“Grief is a grind. It is the work of breathing and waking and rising and moving through a world that feels emptier. A gaping hole has been torn into your existence, and everyone around you just walks right past it like it’s not even there. But all you can do is stand and stare.”
― Before I Let Go
― Before I Let Go
“Where is the line between keeping something private, and being dishonest?”
― Mad Honey
― Mad Honey
“Depression,” she goes on, “is a liar. If it will tell you no one loves you, that you’re not good enough, that you’re a burden or, in the most extreme cases, better off dead, then it can certainly convince you that you’re better off without the man you love, and that, ultimately, he’s better off without you.”
― Before I Let Go
― Before I Let Go
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