It took quite a while for me to open myself up to love again because initially after leaving the domestic abusive relationship I was in, I had to really build myself back up again.
Everything he stripped me of, I had to work my way back up. He took away my self-worth, confidence, he gave me self-doubt, he made me feel a certain way about how I looked, my work, he stripped me of my friends and more.
I had to cut the chords and detach myself from him and that was the hardest part. It's like a drug addiction in a sense. Your brain releases the same kind of chemical, because they've engrained into your mind for so long that you need them.That's why you keep going back.They make you feel like you need them to live.
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