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I Feel Alone

Feeling Emotionally Abused

By: pandamandaa
Written on June 26th, 2012
Age: 26-30 , Female
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  • MandaJ61

    My daughter has been in a relationship with someone just like your husband, she has a baby to him and finally had to end it for her own and my grandsons wellbeing. He has behavioural problems, and his aggressions would come from nowhere, he was rude to visitors and played games constantly, he wouldn't play with his son and even now has to be reminded weekly that he needs to bond with him, he says he can't deal with it. In the end my daughters confidence was at an all time low, she felt depressed and unloved, she gave him constant support but got none back, he told her the same things as your husband tells you.She said it was like having two children, he needed more attention than her son. Since they parted she is a far better person for it and although she finds it hard being on her own she is much more secure. Emotional abuse in my opinion is the worst kind, I know, I've suffered it too. Your husband needs help and I hope things work out for you, you sound like my daughter, a wonderful, patient dedicated mum and wife, good luck.

    Jul 3, 2012
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  • Serenitree

    I'm sorry. This sounds like torture to me. I suppose this is why I've never had a relationship succeed. I am not willing to play second fiddle to anything; another woman, a bottle, a habit; laziness; rudeness; friends. I wouldn't put up with being put down in front of anyone. I am alone by choice, because I don't like being treated badly, and I never seemed to find a partner who respected me enough to treat me as I wished to be treated. I spent 15 years trying and trying to make it work with the last one, because I felt like a failure, and didn't want to fail again. Did this make him treat me better? Nope, he still treated me rudely and allowed his buddies to treat me and our daughter with disrespect also. Now, he is dead, and I realize it wasn't me he didn't respect, it was himself. If he respected himself, he would never have wanted to treat me like I was garbage in front of people. He would have wanted them to believe he had a good thing, not a dumb useless person; like he couldn't do any better.



    Your husband has no self respect. If he did, he would treat you better.

    Jun 27, 2012
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  • mynuico

    In my slightly educated by not infallible opinon, your husband has not had the life experiences (or the plain good sense) required to correctly value your long term and daily contributions to his own life and well being. And is in part facilitating this by continuing to hide away in video games.



    You seem like an awesome and amazing person and I'm so glad someone like you exists, and sorry that what you have to deal with is so unfairly tough.



    I don't think you're being overly emotional at all, like everyone else you just want a good life and being married the responsibility for ensuring that happens should be shared.

    Jun 27, 2012
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    • pandamandaa

      Thank you for your encouragement. I hope others going though this can read and see a trend in their own life's early enough to stop it before its too late. Again, thank you :)

      Jun 27, 2012
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