Arihat East

Please give me room when I ask and I promise you’ll have the best version of me.

Work on your sharing, but also work on reminding yourself that you are safe, you are in control, and your past is not happening right now.

How many of us have stayed in relationships because the sex was outstanding?

Be brave like the survivors, check your biases and be mindful of your need to defend an abuser for any reason.

An insecure spouse will find reasons to nitpick and be angry about, but will also use manipulation and lying to get their way.

Like Jordyn, we were labeled as Judas, and every explanation of the situation fell on deaf ears and all of our words were met with disdain, doubt, and disappointment.

Children will show up the way we teach them to.

You, nor I, are responsible for anyone’s healing process or lack thereof.

Take the time to be present, observe, and offer your kind words to a stranger, a loved one, and yourself.

The knowledge I have of love is one thing, but what I’ve been taught about love is something else.

Mediocre sex and ordinary dick is everywhere.

Giving away energy you don’t have will hollow you out and destroy everything that makes you whole.

Loving me means getting to know ALL of me and ACCEPTING all of me.

I will never stop learning myself because it’s dangerous to do so.

Love is not enough to keep a situation intact if your internal system is shutting down.

Could you forgive someone for hurting you? Probably. Does that mean that person has to be in your life? Probably not.

These people are small, they are hurting and you have to find a way to have your light be brighter than their shade.

Get out.