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🖤 My Story
This is where it all began.
These are the chapters I’ve lived — from teenage motherhood and toxic relationships to estrangement, survival mode, and slowly rebuilding my life from the inside out.
I share the messy moments, the breakdowns, and the breakthroughs — not to dramatize them, but to process them. To name them. To finally stop carrying them alone.
If you’ve ever felt like your story was too much or too complicated to be understood…
You belong here.


The Year Everything Fell Apart — and the Day He Stopped Showing Up
He stopped showing up. So, I became everything she needed. This past year has been nothing less than crazy for me. My life completely...
Heather D
Jul 297 min read


I Thought I Was Healed — Until I Fell in Love Again
The ending of my trauma-bonded relationship with my narcissistic ex was my turning point. It shattered me in a way I didn't think was...
Heather D
Jul 233 min read


Losing Myself in Love That Wasn’t Love
From surviving one toxic relationship to falling into something even darker — how I lost myself, and how I’m finally learning to come...
Heather D
Jul 226 min read


The Year I Lost My Childhood: Teenage Mom, Trauma, and Trying to Survive
This was supposed to be the beginning of something beautiful — but it cost me more than I ever expected My teenage years? I should be...
Heather D
Jul 185 min read


How I Got Here: A Look Inside My Healing Childhood Trauma Journey
I’m finally telling the truth about what got me here — the father who was never really there, the mother who couldn’t show up emotionally, and the years I spent surviving instead of feeling safe. This post is the start of my healing journey: going no contact, facing generational trauma, and deciding to break the cycle for my kids. If you’re untangling it all too — you’re not alone. This is just part one.
Heather D
Jul 173 min read
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