Hi, I’m really struggling at the moment. My story; I have recently
broken up with my partner, I love him but he’s said and done things
recently which have really hurt me. We had been together a year, the
first few months were bliss and then he starte...
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Hi, I’m really struggling at the moment. My story; I have recently
broken up with my partner, I love him but he’s said and done things
recently which have really hurt me. We had been together a year, the
first few months were bliss and then he started to change, if I said the
wrong thing he would flat out ignore me like he was teaching me a
lesson, withhold sex and tell me I shouldn’t have said or done this or
that. He had always been a little possessive but I took it as though he
just really loved me, he has no friends, and isn’t close to his family
so I was the only one who he could rely on. He’d often try and make me
feel guilty or change plans if I made them with my friends or family and
if I didn’t, he’d use it against me to further guilt me. It felt quite
innocent until he started losing control of his temper, the look of
anger would consume his face and eyes and then he’d hit something, punch
something or hit his head against the wall. I’ve never been frightened
like that before, I didn’t know that side of him existed and every time
he would tell me that I drove him to do it because I wouldn’t shut up or
I’d say something to trigger him. I didn’t speak with anyone until only
recently but she mentioned that he sounded like a narcissist and I was
being emotionally abused. The man I fell in love with was a sweetheart.
I had been going through a tough time for months and it was becoming so
overwhelming that I lost my appetite, had trouble sleeping and would
become nauseas eventually vomiting. Sometimes a few times each night for
a period of days. My partner became aware of this and asked if I was
pregnant. I told him no, he’d asked me to get an implant in my arm which
I had very early into the relationship. A couple of days after we had an
argument and he told me if I fell pregnant then he would expect me to
have an abortion and if I didn’t, he would most like resent me and the
baby. I was devastated that he could say such a thing, I couldn’t breath
I was so upset and all he just walked away and laid on the couch. He
blames everything on me and will not accept any responsibility. I would
break down in front of him and he would roll his eyes. What I’m
struggling with most right now is that it feels like I had been sleeping
next to someone I didn’t know for a year and I feel like he tricked me.
I don’t know if he is a narcissist or if this is emotional abuse but
this doesn’t feel like just a break up, I feel like something has been
taken from me.
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