http://speakoutloud.net/abusive-relationships/separation-abuse See the power and control, free your mind, open your heart, live fully Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://speakoutloud.net/abusive-relationships/separation-abuse#comment-50 Tina Tue, 17 May 2011 18:41:59 +0000 http://www.speakoutloud.net/?p=543#comment-50 I've been in what I thought was a "relationship" for the last three years with a man who psychologically abused me . . . I'm trying to recover but due to the lack of understanding from friends, family, authorities and mental health professionals I've withdrawn from almost everything and everyone. My fear is that my Perpetrator will return and offer me that understanding to lift my spirits long enough for him to get whatever it is he is wanting . .. usually money .... a meal .... or sex. As always as soon as he gets what he wants he will leave or start tormenting me with his little comments and lies to confuse me . . . Usually the gifts are the last resort when none of his other tactics work to suck me back into his twisted world. They are not expensive gifts .. . but they are clever gifts. He knows me and he knows me well . . . why does he know me . . . because it gives him the advantage. He is a smart man and he has been able to do this to not only me but to another woman at the very same time for the last three years. Neither one of us knew till just last week. If you believe you are being psychologically abused or manipulated in any way or even suspect it . . be careful of what you reveal about yourself because it can and will be used against you. I’ve been in what I thought was a “relationship” for the last three years with a man who psychologically abused me . . . I’m trying to recover but due to the lack of understanding from friends, family, authorities and mental health professionals I’ve withdrawn from almost everything and everyone. My fear is that my Perpetrator will return and offer me that understanding to lift my spirits long enough for him to get whatever it is he is wanting . .. usually money …. a meal …. or sex. As always as soon as he gets what he wants he will leave or start tormenting me with his little comments and lies to confuse me . . . Usually the gifts are the last resort when none of his other tactics work to suck me back into his twisted world. They are not expensive gifts .. . but they are clever gifts. He knows me and he knows me well . . . why does he know me . . . because it gives him the advantage. He is a smart man and he has been able to do this to not only me but to another woman at the very same time for the last three years. Neither one of us knew till just last week. If you believe you are being psychologically abused or manipulated in any way or even suspect it . . be careful of what you reveal about yourself because it can and will be used against you.

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