For most people who leave a long-term toxic situation, it’s usually a progression of things that ultimately don’t make sense that leads them to seek the truth and other perspectives. When you step out, step away, when you finally look for yourself, you see the truth, and it pushes you. One day hopefully the lightbulb goes off, and you pack your shit and go. Down the road you may question why you didn’t leave sooner, but it’s because you simply weren’t ready, that’s all. When the veil comes off, it comes off. No matter how old you are, you still have a life ahead of you and you can still make a
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