@lulucynda25: I spent years confusing control with love. I learned to make myself smaller, quieter, easier to please. I apologized for having feelings. I questioned my own reality. I thought if I could just be good enough, patient enough, or loving enough, things would finally change. But love was never supposed to cost me my identity. And healing taught me something powerful… I can love someone deeply without surrendering myself. I can be soft without being weak. I can trust again without ignoring red flags. And I can walk away from anything that requires me to abandon myself to keep it. The woman I used to be deserved protection. The woman I’m becoming knows she deserves peace. 🦋💜 #DomesticViolenceSurvivor #EmotionalAbuseRecovery #HealingJourney #MentalHealthAwareness #SelfWorth