“You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren’t bitter. You aren’t cold. You’ve just retreated a little and been shy, and that’s okay.”
Removing yourself from a toxic situation and starting again is not the same as running away from your problems. Moving to a new town, school, workplace or social group to get away from a toxic person/people is not the same thing as running away. Taking yourself out of a dangerous situation is healthy, strong and commendable. You will still have to do the inner work to remove the poison, but leaving to start fresh is absolutely worthy of admiration!