Why She Stayed

Ep. 68: "The Greatest Weapon An Abuser Has Is To Make Us Not Trust Ourselves" | Monica Moore Smith

Why She Stayed

Show Notes

On this episode, Monica Smith shares pieces of her abuse story and detailed examples of how an abuser grooms us to no longer trust our own inner dialogue and perceptions. We talk about how they slowly make themselves the only source of truth we feel we can rely on and why it's so hard to believe ourselves.

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