Too me it feels like being repeatly stabbed with a knife then i cry i have tried explaining it to people they just dont get it

Yes and if it's a relationship that is intimate it's like I am physically in pain my chest. I cannot breath all I can do is cry until my whole body is exhausted.

It doesn’t just stop, but one mantra that helps me when I’m struggling with it is: ‘Let them be wrong.’ That said, it took a lot of work on my self-esteem to get to a place where RSD doesn’t sting as much. The more I learned to trust my own worth, the less I felt the need to prove myself to others.

Does it ever fully go away? 🤷🏻‍♀️ A combo of things have helped me over the recent years: the right meds (guanfacine was a game changer), a boat load of self compassion, making space for the feelings /naming them to alleviate some of the pain, and a combo of “checking the facts” and doing my best to assume good intent. 😮‍💨