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You don't know me, and I don't know you. But for the last few months, I've been posting on this site, and reading all of your stories. Reading about all of your battles. And as hard as life is right now, talking to some of you, and reading about the rest of you is one of the only things that is keeping me strong. Keeping me alive. So, I just wanted to thank all of you. Even if we've never talked, and though we'll probably never meet. I pray for all of you every night and I want you to know that you're not alone. On a side note, I wanted to share a song that has been helping me out a lot lately. If I had heard it sooner, maybe I would have left sooner. But hearing it now makes me remember what it felt like (as if I could ever forget). And as much as I hate to think about it, it's better for me if I do, because there are so many days when I'd give anything to go back to him. I hope that this song will help just one of you. It's called "too beautiful" by the band "he is we". There is a part in the song about a mirror (you'll know if you listen to it), and when I listen to it, I remember all the times I looked in the mirror she's singing about, seeing the same things, and hating myself more than I could ever imagine. I wish all of you the best of luck and all the happiness this world has to offer. Please remember that you're stronger than you know, you just have to believe in that. AND, remember that you are TOO BEAUTIFUL.

those parts of your life are always destined to bring out the strength in you.you just have to go to the bottom.i relate to music a lot and get most of mymessages through it and if music hadn t been there many times i would have lagged behind.

Hi Thatgirl,

I think at times people we interact with are fractions or we see in them relflections of our strengths and weaknesses.

Thank you for the music too. I can't tell you how often music has motivated me.

This is a song that helped me. I'd listen to it over and over throughout the months that led me to getting out and breaking free.

Silent All These Years

Once you do break free of a cycle, building yourself back up for all of the right reasons can feel equally difficult.

With this piece of music it (back then) reminded me of my playfulness, my free-spirit, someone was once intent on destroying to make themselves feel more powerful.

That Spirit is still here, for anyone, no matter what we're going through.

I'm personally glad to have met you