About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of seeing an ex and the misconceptions friends may have about abusive relationships.

What happens when seeing your ex derails all your progress? And why do your friends think he's such a great guy when you know the truth? 🔑 Key Takeaways: Why seeing your ex after months can feel like all your progress disappeared (it didn't) What trauma bonding actually does to your memory of the relationship Why emotionally abusive people seem so great to everyone else The false equivalency that keeps people from believing abuse survivors How to know if you're lonely for him or for something else entirely 🎁 I want to give you a free gift. It’s the audio version of my book, All the Scary Little Gods . It’s a spiritual memoir about healing from religious trauma and toxic programming. You can listen to it FREE by going to scarylittlegods.com I will also send you my weekly Hope Letters for Christian women in emotionally and spiritually abusive marriages.

People in this episode

Host: Natalie Hoffman

Topics covered

• emotional abuse
• trauma bonding
• friendship dynamics
• survivor support
• healing from trauma

Keywords

• emotional abuse
• trauma bonding
• abuse survivors
• friendship
• healing
• religious trauma

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: All the Scary Little Gods

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