How did you work through the grief of your possessions from an abusive relationship?

I dont know if this topic has been touched on before but I'm currently in the process of clearing out the remainder of my ex's belongings. That means my closet, bedroom dresser, and jewelry box. <br><br>My ex was abusive and I "lost" myself in the process of being with him. I'm back to loving the things I used to love, but I still have a lot of remnants of our time together. <br><br>I have push-pull relationship with all of his gifts and the things I accumulated during our time together. It's been over 2 years since we've been split up and I still find myself with a ton of his stuff. I have a ton of pretty things and they just sort of make me feel anxious. I don't want to have them anymore, but I also don't want to abandon the memories. I want to preserve the good memories without the bad, but I can't fathom how to do that. <br><br>I don't know if anyone has advice for me. How do you work through the grief of keeping your ex's gifts? I definitely don't want to keep all of it, but some of it I think is really pretty. I don't want to keep it as a reminder of the abuse but I don't want to give it away because it's so pretty. I feel like this is a really silly thing to be hung up on but I am. I don't know where to start.