If there were such a thing as giving awards for best responses I would nominate this post right here. Very balanced, introspective, productive, and illuminating all in one...
I would say from this post your name of I am Redeemed is aptly fitting.
I honestly can't really follow up beyond that because this was pure perfection and what I look for from people. I enjoy seeing when all the pieces come together. As my signature states...through adversity there is redemption! ;-)
I am going to print and save this in a file and read it whenever I am having a "seasick" moment (as I call them). As SC says, this is the most complete and honest assessment of why we stay. My relationship was so abusive - mentally and sometimes physically. I suffered in such silence and pretended. Everyone saw through it.
Thank you for this. What a great testimony.
Thanks, guys. It's been a rough journey, but I value truth, and that means the truth about me. I always was one to question ''why" about everything, and that goes for my own self, too. I believe that getting to the root of something is the way to learn how to turn it around, and God knows I don't want to make the same mistakes twice.
Sometimes it's easy to blame the other person for everything, and being in these relationships does not necessarily mean that there is something wrong with us, but there are things that may need to be looked at in order to not have the same thing happen again.