Hello everyone
I was a regular here years ago when I was going through some difficult times. Over the last few years I was in a relationship that was fantastic for about a year before she started to reveal her true self. Manipulative behaviour, gaslighting, taking advantage of my low self-esteem, lying, silent treatment: all the greatest hits. It was always me that was in the wrong, me that had to change. And I did change but it still wasn't enough. I attempted suicide several times over the last few years because she drove me to despair, I have been sectioned and monitored daily by the crisis team. I did eventually realise that no matter what I did, she wasn't going to change her behaviour.
Now every day I am thankful that I am not waking up in fear of what she will do today, what she will blame me for, how she is going to stick a dagger in my heart and then go silent for the rest of the day just to make sure the pain lingers. I am living, for the first time in several years, without this pain, this fear.
So to sum up I am feeling pretty good today. Safe and secure in myself, open to the world and full of love for those around me. I'm lonely but that's okay, I think that will take care of itself in time, and if it doesn't, it doesn't.