I was in a conversation with someone who has just left an abuse dynamic, and I couldn’t help but think about how brave they were being, because they left before they even really understood abuse yet. They’re learning now, putting the pieces together now, and yet they had enough faith to take that step of leaving before they even believed or really knew for sure that they were being abused.
And it made me think of how hard that really is, and I think it’s important to acknowledge that.