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Once a victim discovers they are in a relationship with a sociopath or an abuser, they begin to create a relationship exit strategy, and though eventually they've broken ties with

their abuser, the hard work to recovery begins. There is more than one way to recover from an abusive

relationship. You must discover what's most healing and safe for you. When one discovers they have

been living inside an abuser's manufactured reality, a victim often seeks to find

answers. This is because gaslighting is so effective, the victim no longer trusts their memory,

perception of relationships, or their ability to see the world as it actually is. Sarah wrote on

her blog this past week, Unraveling situations and scenarios

over the past nine months has brought so much peace. Rather than beating a dead horse,

taking time to figure things out has helped solidify the ground beneath my feet. The more I

piece together, the more freedom and healing comes. It has nothing to do with

exposing him as a person, but everything to do with reconstructing my own sense of reality,

up from down, right from wrong. With opening the eyes of anyone who reads this and needs it,

your freedom and empowerment matters. You matter. Your preferences,

feelings, quirks, looks, secrets, weaknesses, strengths. They all matter.

I'm Tiffany Reese, and this is Something Was Wrong.

You think you know me you don't. Don't. And this is, something was wrong.

Honestly, and I know me, you don't know me well at, but with my beliefs too and my, you know,

Christianity in here, I'm looking at the pattern. Yes, he has a pattern, but yes, in my mind,

God has a pattern of rescuing those that he has targeted. I know his ex-fiance's story,

and it is a straight-up miracle, the way that she got out. And I feel that same way about mine. I mentioned this one of my blog post that I know where my head was at when everything came crashing down and I know that I was

so far gone I probably still would have tried to make it work just thinking I've missed something

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