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Need a playlist for leaving abusive husband - add tracks here!

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Theworldcouldbemymollusc · 08/07/2019 16:13

So I’m slowly rebuilding myself after (finally) getting the courage to leave and weirdly yesterday I found that playing certain songs really helped me feel less awful and more determined to ignore his messages. I’ve got
Christina - Fighter
Katy Perry - Roar
F* you - Lilly Allen
Bulletproof - La Roux
Enough cryin’ - Mary J Blige

What else do I need to get me through?

OP posts:
AntHilda · 08/07/2019 21:38

Birdie - wild horses
Katy Perry- Rise
Most songs by Sia

MissPollyHadADolly19 · 08/07/2019 21:41

Oh and one more!
All American rejects - gives you hell
Great song!!

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Theworldcouldbemymollusc · 08/07/2019 21:43

I am literally loving these suggestions. Thanks!

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Shockers · 08/07/2019 21:44

Two Fingers- Jake Bugg

sheknowsshesachocolategirl · 08/07/2019 21:47

Shania Twain - Nah!

"I miss you now and then, but would I do it all again? Naaah"

Moonflower12 · 08/07/2019 21:50

@Dancer12345
Same here!
I was just going to post the same. We must have got divorced about the same time.

DrCoconut · 08/07/2019 21:54

My freedom song is It's My Life by Bon Jovi. It was playing in the car as I travelled to my new life having made a snap decision to leave my abusive ex. The words fit. Really hope you are getting on OK OP.

Dancer12345 · 08/07/2019 21:57

@Moonflower12 I still love that song!

rainbowruthie · 08/07/2019 22:00

I want to break free - Queen
Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks

Jamct23 · 08/07/2019 22:03

Little Jackie- The world should revolve around me! X

Twillow · 08/07/2019 22:07

Miley Cyrus We can't Stop - this song was in the charts at the time and the lyrics still mean a lot to me

Doing whatever we want
This is our house
This is our rules
Can't you see it's we who own the night?
Can't you see it's we who 'bout that life?
And we can't stop
And we won't stop
We run things, things don't run we
Don't take nothing from nobody, yeah, yeah

It's our party, we can do what we want
It's our party, we can say what we want

FreedomFidgit · 08/07/2019 22:10

The Libertines - Don’t look back in to the sun

namechangeeeeeee · 08/07/2019 22:11

Destiny's child - survivor (live)

TooTrueToBeGood · 08/07/2019 22:11

Proud by Heather Small. Amazing song by an amazing singer and the lyrics couldn't be more fitting:

I look into the window of my mind
Reflections of the fears I know I've left behind
I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I am on my way
Can't stop me now
And you can do the same
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
Still so many answers I don't know
Realize that to question is how we grow
So I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I am on my way
Can't stop me now
And you can do the same
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
We need a change
Do it today
I can feel my spirit rising
We need a change
So do it today
Cause I can see a clear horizon
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
Cause you could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
What have you done today
You could be so many people?
Just make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?

Banana770 · 08/07/2019 22:28

Beyoncé - The Best Thing I Never Had

Taylor Swift - Mean

Nicole Scherzinger - Don’t Hold Your Breath

I had them on my leaving playlist when I left a hideous man, I used to play them driving in the car to work in the early days. Good luck!

shreddednips · 08/07/2019 22:31

Sorry if these have been mentioned:
I am woman by Helen Reddy
Fighter: Christina Aguilera

whatsforT · 08/07/2019 22:39

Embody - Be Cool

Livingthedream12345 · 08/07/2019 22:40

I've chosen:
I know your lying your lips are moving by Meghan Trainor
One less problem without you, Little Mix
Roar, Katy Perry.

saucyspice · 08/07/2019 22:48

Gin Wigmore - Man like that
Florence and the machine - what kind of man
Destiny's child - independent woman

BertrandRussell · 08/07/2019 22:49

Please listen to mine at 16.38. It’s so perfect.

AllTeaAllShade · 08/07/2019 22:50

Alaska by Maggie Rogers

Jaggypinecone · 08/07/2019 22:51

Futures so Bright (I gotta wear shades) by Timbukthree

pinkkoala · 08/07/2019 22:53

I am two years on from your situation op.
My favourite is stronger by kelly Clarkson.

ladyratterley · 08/07/2019 22:54

Little Mix - Shoutout to my ex
Florence & the machine - Shake it out

ladyratterley · 08/07/2019 22:56

Oh and Katy Perry - Part of me.