“Chris's apartment was like a time capsule, and every time I stepped through the door I became one of its many preserved fixtures, reprising my role as the submissive starry-eyed girl, again and again and again.” PsychologyTraumaToxic RelationshipsGroomingStockholm SyndromeCoercive ControlTrauma BondAbuse By TeacherChild Sexual Grooming Book:Dissonance Source: Dissonance
“I interpreted his heartbeat to be some sort of Morse code for his feelings, but maybe I was imagining substance where there was only air.” Toxic RelationshipsGroomingStockholm SyndromeCoercive ControlTrauma BondAbuse By Teacher Book:Dissonance Source: Dissonance
“We lived separate lives, but I believed wholeheartedly that we shared the same reality.” Toxic RelationshipsGroomingAbusive RelationshipsStockholm SyndromeCoercive ControlTrauma BondSexual Abuse SurvivorAbused By Teacher Book:Dissonance Source: Dissonance