How do you recover from an abusive relationship?

You take back your life. Remember all the things you used to enjoy that you stopped doing while you were with your abuser?

Reclaim those things as soon as you leave. Go back to there hobbies you once adored and try new ones. Do all the things you said you wanted to try “someday.” Now is your chance to live again.

For me, the biggest gift I have given myself is the gift of travel. Before I met my abuser I traveled as much as possible but that came to a screeching halt when they came around (of course, COVID didn’t help).

Go. You’re free now. The world is yours.