Is It Too Late to Apologize?

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Loving after trauma is hard, whether it’s fresh trauma from a recently ended abusive relationship or that nice, artisanal, baked-in trauma from childhood.

I recently thought I was protecting myself from someone who was triggering me like my ex, but I later wondered if pushing him away was a sign of a deeper unmet need from childhood.