Shame
I am ashamed and embarrassed by how badly I had let myself be treated.
My family and friends will never know.
And because they don't know I am constantly feeling guilty for not being able to share what I really went through.
Your not alone. I have been there before i was with a guy for a year and a half and no one knew what i went through with him until someone gave me an excuse to leave him and it took a long time for me to open up. It wasnt physical abuse but i see now that i was mentally mulnipulated. It just takes time. Stay strong.
I think we've all been there to some extent
I let my ex say some spiteful things, which I would never have tolerated from anyone else, and why? "Because I love him" that old cliché..
For me, it was four years. I stayed, and took it all, out of love for his little girl who needed some one there to protect her young mind from him.
Well, there's no shame in that, love.
It's incredibly noble to have looked after his little girls wellbeing, and it's an amazing awful stain on him that this was necessary.
He's lost a lot more than he realises.
I applaud your selflessness. Be very proud of yourself. X