Take off that cloak. You are not a victim. You are a woman with a story, with strength, and with a right to respect.
Start small — stop holding grudges in your mind. Don’t let pain dictate who you are. You are not a broken heart. You are a person who can choose self-respect.
5. Create new relationships
Many parents continue to expect the same closeness from their grown children as before. They forget that the children are now adults. They have changed.
Maybe it’s time to change relationships too.
Look at them as adults. Don’t wait for the old warmth. Just build new, calmer relationships — with respect.
Not through sacrifices, but through acceptance:
“You are an adult. I am an adult. Everyone is responsible for their own lives.”
Sometimes this is what gives a chance for true trust — without reproaches and expectations.
6. Take care of yourself
We often feel like explaining, proving, shaming. But most often this is useless.
