Some loves… aren’t love.

Some bonds disguise themselves as care—but they are emotional cages made of guilt, fear, and dependency.

In this second episode of Contra la Pared, we dive into the mirage of love: that illusion that confuses need with affection, possession with care, control with commitment.

We explore how wounded souls often seek mirrors instead of partners, and how childhood shapes the way we accept—or beg for—love as adults.

We speak of the invisible: emotional gaslighting, unseen wounds, relationships where we give everything… and receive crumbs.

And above all, we speak of the courage it takes to face the illusion—and choose to leave.

Some doubts don’t come from within — they’re planted by others, like seeds in foreign soil.

Doubts about what we feel, what we’re worth, or whether what we lived was even real.

In this first episode of Season 2 of Up Against the Wall, we explore how emotional manipulation — especially in childhood and close relationships — can distort our perception, break our inner compass, and trap us in a story we didn’t write, but somehow came to believe.

We pause at that thin line between love and control, between care and emotional gaslighting.

Because when a woman begins to doubt her own voice, it’s a sign that someone has been silencing her.

This isn’t a space for blame — it’s a space for understanding.

Not to dictate truths, but to open up questions.

Because maybe, by naming the doubt, we can start reclaiming the certainty of who we are.

A language of colors. A desperate hope. And the miracle of a daughter finding her way back. In this final chapter, Lucy shares how memory was rebuilt through red, blue, yellow, and faith. From a pink paper to a graduation stage, this is the story of five paths — still walking, still shining. A tribute to resilience, motherhood, and the healing power of love.