When Your Abuser Forgives You

You’re waiting for an apology, and you receive “forgiveness.”

Lisa Martens
“You seem fine.”
3 min readFeb 28, 2022

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Photo by George Pagan III on Unsplash

“I forgive you for your outburst,” he says calmly. You’re shaking. You’re ready to quit. You were hoping he would apologize. But instead, he forgives you.

Were you wrong? Was he right the whole time? You feel crazy. Maybe you are. Maybe he has been right the whole time. I mean, look…

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Lisa Martens
“You seem fine.”

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