@EverythingGaby
Gaby Gonzalez
@EverythingGaby · 4:55

An emotional Sunday

And I just wanted to come on here and vent a little bit, if that's okay. I know this is a safe place, and I had mentioned that I am a domestic violence survivor, and I have been trying to finalize this divorce for the last two years. It feels like it's been ongoing forever. So within the last two years, I decided that I wanted to give a new relationship a try. And it just so happened to be with my old high school sweetheart

Feeling all the #feelings today. Is this normal, tell me its normal plz. #Healing #SelfSabotage

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@EverythingGaby
Gaby Gonzalez
@EverythingGaby · 2:22

#EmbraceTheHealing #HealingJourney #LifeAfterDomesticViolence

And I don't question everything. Like, okay, what's your motive behind that? And it's part of the trust issues, and I get that. I don't know if you've gone through this before, let me know. I want to know. I'm not the only one, I guess. Oh, boy. The emotions are real, but I'm embracing that, and I'm trying to figure this out as I go, and I'm here to share it
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J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:52

#HealingJourneyCoach #domesticviolencesurvivor #domesticviolence #violenceagainstwomen

We deserve to live our lives fully and authentically as survivors. The experience is going to always be a part of us, always. And as we heal and do the inner reflection, the necessary inner reflection, that is constant work, constant. It won't go away. Recognizing who we are, how we have evolved since becoming a survivor, how we will continue to evolve, what our boundaries are, what our triggers are, what we deserve
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@Swell · 0:15

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Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:56

@EverythingGaby

I really want to honor the fact that you recognize that you weren't ready and you put the brakes on it because I think in there somewhere is this exquisite kind of intuitive of smart patient part of you that says, let me just keep breathing through this. Let me process this. Let me not project any of my past trauma onto this new experience I'm about to have with somebody
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@EverythingGaby
Gaby Gonzalez
@EverythingGaby · 2:52

@DBPardes @Her_Sisu

Thank you both so much for responding. It took me a little while to get back. I have a new phone and I just barely downloaded all the apps. It took my time, but I did have a chance to speak to my therapist. And, you know, I'm acknowledging a lot of my feelings and I'm getting better at that. And I also realized that during this time where I'm healing and where I still am feeling hurt, I don't want to hurt someone else
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