It’s historical… the relationship ended years ago but I’ll never be able to accept it was abuse because I always provoked him.
The only times he physically laid his hands on me was when I stood in the door to try and stop him from leaving… he wasn’t just walking out to cool off- it was always that he was dumping me, packing his bags and leaving, sometimes I’d sit or stand by the door and beg him not to leave- so he’d put his hands around my throat etc… once he dragged me back into the (removed by moderator) by the throat and smashed a glass above my head but in context- I’d always wound him up before