You Don’t Owe Anything to an Abusive Parent

Emily Stroia
4 min readFeb 6, 2020

A step-by-step process to find peace in letting go

Photo by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash

It’s been months since I ended the relationship with my mother. We had an on and off relationship for years and for a moment we had found a simple way to stay in touch.

Most of our conversations were not meaningful. I was constantly left feeling disappointed and wanting more. It was unclear to me as to what would…

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Emily Stroia

Psych therapist in training. I write about mental health, trauma, well-being, and spirituality. Stay for a while. www.emilystroia.com