Rebuilding Identity After Abuse

**You survived the relationship. Now you have to survive yourself.** This category is about what comes after the paperwork, the silence, and the wreckage. It’s about putting the pieces back together—and realizing you’re not broken. Just buried. 

When you’ve been abused, you don’t just lose your safety—you lose your sense of self. That confident, capable, solid version of you got chipped away one insult at a time. This is where we start rebuilding. With real talk, practical tools, and zero shame.

Articles in This Category

1. Who Am I Without Her Abuse?

2. How Abuse Warps Your Masculinity (And How to Reclaim It)

3. Rebuilding Trust—In Others, and In Yourself

4. Shame Is a Liar: Why You Still Deserve a Future

5. From Surviving to Living: Reclaiming Your Voice and Power

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