It can be difficult to leave a long-term relationship, even when our inner-wisdom tells us it's time to let go. At this point, we can choose let go and endure the intense pain of leaving behind the familiar to make way for a new chapter in our life. Or we can stay and suffer a low-grade pain that slowly eats away at our heart and soul, like an emotional cancer. Until we wake up, one day and realize, we are buried so deep in the dysfunction of the relationship that we scarcely remember who we were and what we wanted and needed to be. . Jaeda DeWalt
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When we look back on the relationship and see how we suffered and how our self-worth was drained away, we begin to regret the decision. We may even feel that had we stayed in the relationship, things may have been better. We may even feel that we were just wasting our time and energy on the relationship. There is always a story line that excuses staying, whether it be that it was just "not quite right” or “we will be okay” or “we can make it work; we just need to try harder.” The only thing we need to realize is how much pain and suffering we endured because of staying in an unhealthy relationship.

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