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The Complex Trauma Podcast

I Finally Stopped Shrinking… and Still Got Hurt

April 8, 2026·29 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

You did the work. You stopped shrinking. You let someone in. And it still ended with you feeling invisible. So what do you do with that? In this episode I'm responding to a message from a listener going through a divorce. She didn't shrink. She showed up fully. And it still ended in abandonment. Her question was simple and devastating: how do you reconcile that? And, how do you ever trust again? On today's episode I get into why adult relationships can reopen old wounds rather than heal...

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