I ended a good relationship because something in me knew, and the guilt is enormous
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What you are feeling makes complete sense given everything you described. You are allowed to feel it without rushing to fix it or apologise for it.
Take the win. Genuinely. We are so quick to dismiss our small braveries, but those tiny steps are how whole lives quietly turn around.
This community is lucky to have someone willing to be this honest. You make it safer for the rest of us to be real too.
Reading this felt like looking in a mirror. You put words to something I have carried silently for a long time. Thank you for being brave enough to post it.
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