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Breaking Up With Evil: No One Understands

Breaking up with evil is
an odyssey through hell on steroids.
It seems no one understands.
What do we do when no one gets it?

Breaking up with evil is misunderstood. All we know for sure is, when we finally arrive at the day when- as terrifying as it is to break away- it would be more terrifying to stay. And you did it! Congratulations! You’re amazing, courageous, incredible and gorgeous inside and out. But then: The aftermath… When the real hell breaks loose. We’re overrun with massive fear, doubts, memories on constant replay, what if’s, and maybe I should haves… And who does this?, and “they” are all we think about, and can’t stop talking about.

This takes us by surprise because we’ve been living in hell since long before we escaped and ended this “relationship”… And for good reason… Let’s take a look. First at the very simple pattern of engagement that begins it all, and then let’s take a look at the heart of the deep-dark underbelly of this mess; at why it’s spinning in our minds, and why no one around us seems to understand what we’re going through.

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