Psychologically abused and my friends don't believe me
About two years ago I realized that I'm in an emotionally and psychologically abusive marriage. I have one friend who understands, but the others don't believe me.
It's hard enough to call abuse what it is. It's so hard to say it out loud. And since I've been psychologically abused for 10+ years, I get confused easily. That alone makes it hard to believe myself. Plus it's scary and awful to be in the abuse cycle... where sometimes he's wonderful and I think it's all okay.. and then other days he becomes this awful person that I hardly recognize.
I just wish people would believe me when I told them. It hurts to be invalidated by my friends and the people around me... just because it looks "fine" from the outside. Feeling heartbroken, invalidated, and alone.