When I was in an emotionally abusive relationship, one of the behaviours my ex had was... [note - trigger warning] ...telling me how my behaviour and feelings affected him and how, as a result, I wasn't allowed to act or feel that way because of this. This mostly revolved around the feeling of stress. I … Continue reading No one can make you feel anything
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Abuse doesn’t go unnoticed – friends can tell
I always felt there was something wrong with a previous relationship. I was right – it was emotionally abusive. Only I didn’t realise it at the time. I thought it was me that was setting the relationship all skew whiff – I was blamed enough times to believe it. But my friends knew something was … Continue reading Abuse doesn’t go unnoticed – friends can tell
There is nothing wrong with you
One of the defining features of my previous relationship which was emotionally abusive was the sense that there was something wrong with me. There were a lot of things I never seemed to get right – the time in the morning I brought his cup of tea, how I peeled mushrooms, pureeing soup instead of … Continue reading There is nothing wrong with you