Olive's Pages — rain & ink

Synopsis

This memoir follows the author’s experience in a coercive, co-dependent relationship that included emotional manipulation, sexual assault, and a steady decline in mental health. As isolation and toxic friendships compound untreated depression and anxiety, she reaches a breaking point that leads to in-patient hospitalization. The narrative then turns toward recovery—learning coping skills, rebuilding self-trust, forming healthier relationships, and discovering what safe love looks like. Honest and unsentimental, the book portrays healing not as a clean transformation, but as a gradual process of reclaiming autonomy and choosing oneself again.

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