Trigger Warnings and Spoiler Alerts

Are you an artist, a victim, neither, or both?

Dear Emily:

Brace yourself. Trigger warning: abuse.

It’s almost exactly the one-year anniversary since I ended an abusive relationship. Well, I ended it many times during the year we dated, but it’s the anniversary from the final end point.

I’m trying to figure out how to claim this part of myself and of my history in a way that feels complete and authen…