They just rang me right now as I was writing my post title. I have the number for a support group and a number for a group of solicitors specialising in domestic abuse.
I will now ring both.
My husband is playing coercive games with me, I know it because of something I did to test him. His reaction is so predictable…
I felt so low recently, trying to adapt is unbearably difficult and leads nowhere. It is not a life. My older child even tried to subject me to the same coercive abuse, it’s heart breaking to see. There is no “innocence” in that child any more, there is an awful personality building instead. It’s frightening to see.
I fought and battled against nonsense, illogical situations, wrong beliefs and entitlement, I fought and fought. I should have gone decades ago.
He still has me in his grip. Still, always, it’s never ending.