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18 | "I'll Never Need Anyone Again" Hyper Independence Phase
“I’ll never need anyone again.” If you’ve said this (out loud or quietly to yourself) after coercive control, betrayal, divorce, or going no contact… this episode is for you.
In this conversation, I’m unpacking the very real phase so many women enter after high-control or narcissistic relationships: the swing from “I can’t survive without them” to “I will never depend on anyone ever again.”
And I want to normalize this immediately: That response makes sense.
If trusting someone meant humiliation…
If vulnerability meant punishment…
If needing support gave someone leverage over you…
Of course…
The skinny
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