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The Grief No One Sees: What if Domestic Abuse Takes More Than a Relationship?

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Exploring the grief that comes after domestic abuse, the loss of identity, and the life you once imagined. There are losses no one names. Losses that happen quietly, sometimes so gradually that you don’t realise how much has changed until you look back and struggle to recognise the person you used to be. I believe […]

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Identity Loss: What if You’re Not Lost, Just Becoming?

Identity loss after grief or trauma can leave you feeling disconnected from who you used to be. It doesn’t happen all at once – it unfolds quietly, in the space between who you were and who you’re becoming. A few days from now, it will be my mum’s 14th heaveniversary. Fourteen years since everything changed.