Remember you are learning to think, live, and breathe again. Your cognitive processes have been damaged; similar to when someone has had a head injury. Your head (mental processes) have been short-circuited, rewired, broken in some cases. So it as if you are a small child (toddler) learning to make the most basic decisions again. Be easy on you, this is a delicate time of recovery.

If you are flooded with the suppressed emotional, mental and physical responses that now can be freely expressed, do not worry; this is an aspect of healing and recovery from domestic abuse. Seek help if you are feeling overwhelmed.