Positive stories of young adults leaving harmful relationships and turning things around

[Conniebygaslight]

For those of you that had a good supportive family but did risky things as a young person that could have sent you down a very dark path. Those that changed and turned your life around, what happened and how?
The reason I’m asking is that our DD is out of an abusive relationship and just going into another. We love her so much and have tried everything but she seems so addicted to scumbags. She’s still young at 20 so we’re hoping she might grow out of it. I was similar but my parents were shit so I had no reference. My DD has a very loving and close family but has always struggled with peer relationships. Any positive stories to give us hope please?

How does she see herself and what is her take on her Self Worth?

Would she consider doing the Freedom Programme?

She is bright, capable & beautiful. But doesn’t really care about herself when she’s in a relationship. She’s a closed book for sure

Absolutely not. I’ve tried but she dismisses anything.

If she’s from a loving and caring family, why do you think she turned out like this? Was she in the wrong crowd at school? Could she have suffered childhood trauma outside the family (eg within extended family)? Things don’t happen in a vacuum. When I was in my abusive relationship at 17, people said the same things about me as you say about your daughter - bright, beautiful, intelligent etc. and questioned how it could have happened to ‘someone like me’. The reality was I had undiagnosed depression and unprocessed trauma and was desperately, desperately sad. How is your daughter’s mental health?

She was very badly bullied at school. I believe this is the root of it completely.