01/30/2026
Divorce after coercive control or narcissistic abuse changes how your body responds to the world.
“Just let it go” is one of the most invalidating things someone can say and I hear it all the time from women who are doing their absolute best.
If it were that simple, you would have done it already.
Instead, your nervous system stays on high alert.
Thoughts race.
Conversations replay.
You brace for impact, even when nothing is happening.
That doesn’t mean you’re stuck.
It means your body learned it wasn’t safe to relax — especially after years of managing someone else’s emotions, reactions, or control.
I’m sharing this because so many capable, intelligent, successful women quietly wonder what’s “wrong” with them in this season.
There isn’t. 🤍
Just wanted to name it in case someone here needed to feel a little less alone today.