ABSTRACT
Whenever any relationship ends, most people experience pain. Even if the breakup was your idea, it can still hurt. After nally leaving your abuser, you might have been surprised that you felt sadness. Anticipating the relief you would feel to be out (and it was a relief), may have led you to believe it wouldn’t be emotionally painful. The pain may not have surfaced for days, weeks, months, or sometimes even years after the relationship ended. But at some point it probably did.
