AS, thank you for the encouragement; it is really appreciated.
Although everything kicked off 5 months ago - to the day in fact - I've made huge steps forward already, and feel that I'm regaining more individuality and that I'm ready to deal with problems in a better way.
The long gaps between seeing each other is certainly helping me get to grips with DBing, lovingly detaching, conquering NGS, and practising validating (on family, work colleagues etc.). Tomorrow I will not have seen her for a month. I am confident that next time we meet I will present myself in a very good light, and make her think twice. But by that point, maybe I'd have moved on too much - time will tell.
Yes that show is really interesting. I think some more episodes are available to stream so I will make time to watch them.
I completely agree - it should be standard practice in schools to teach validation!
Me - 36, W - 32 No kids T - 8 yr, M - 3 yr Discovery - 14 May 2019 S - 25 May 2019 & D bomb - 29 July 2019 D & House sale final - Feb 2020