I am stuck in a situationship that is slowly eroding my self respect
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Reading this felt like looking in a mirror. You put words to something I have carried silently for a long time. Thank you for being brave enough to post it.
If no one has told you today: you are doing better than you think, and you do not have to have it all figured out to be worthy of a good life.
The version of you on the other side of this is going to be so grateful you kept going on the days it felt pointless. Please keep going.
Whatever happens next, this moment of honesty already changed something. You cannot unsee a truth once you have said it out loud.
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