"you have no power over me"

Yesterday, I did something that scared me. I went through my phone and deleted a bunch of screencaps I had saved for the last several years as receipts to combat lying, gaslighting, and manipulation.  I already had them on  my computer, so they weren't gone forever, but I was no longer going to carry the burden of someone else's lies through my every day life anymore. If they want to live their lies, they can live their lies, but I will no longer be a prisoner to their lies.

I knew that if I was going to open my heart again that I would have to finally let that part of my life die once and for all. 

"You have no power over me."