Been having nightmares where he's back in my house and won't leave. Or I wake up next to him and think, "wait, this is wrong".

Needing to hide your needs and opinions is abuse.

I was so starved for kindness.
A bank teller was extra nice to me and I cried the whole way home. #emotionalabusesurvivor #emotionalabuse

When I would bring up issues in our relationship (me doing all the chores on top of working, paying all the bills, doing the emotional labor) he would immediately cry and talk about how much worse he has it, or how he knows he's a "piece of s**t", effectively ending any conversation about my needs.

He never hit me or yelled AT me, but he yelled and stormed around and broke things. He pouted and raged and subtly isolated me. He didn't call me names but he belittled everything I loved.

I didn't understand that this was abuse. #emotionalabusesurvivor

Hi friends! I'm starting this account to document and discuss my recovery from an emotionally abusive relationship. My hope is that I can help others in a similar situation #emotionalabusesurvivor #narcabusesurvivor #emotionalabuse