@IamaRevenant , I also read your hospital thread but it’s not because I’m stalking.
Your hospital visit is extremely relevant. You state that it was for psychiatric reasons, that you hear voices, that you believe you have maybe schizophrenia or disordered thinking. The only doctor you say you ever found “helpful” told you that you had psychosis, and possibly dual personalities. Coming out of a hospital visit that you feel didn’t help you at all, you would have been so incredibly vulnerable, and this whole situation sounds like a nightmare.
With what you’re saying, and the timeline from MN, you got out of the hospital and then immediately got locked in this house or flat. I think you may not realize that you’re trying to tell the story in a linear manner but contradicting yourself (like saying you could get out but not back in, and later saying you were locked in - if this was over 10 days, maybe it was both at different periods?) And unfortunately, I have no idea why your stbxh would pressure the police to make you give up your keys unless 1. He was claiming he didn’t assault you and he was quite angry (not uncommon with domestic violence but the police shouldn’t have listened) and/or 2. He was claiming you weren’t a tenant of the flat at all (is this possible? Do you normally live somewhere else?). I don’t think any of us can know for sure, since we weren’t there.
I think if you just lay it out as a timeline (doesn’t need to be all ten days), it might help you feel like you aren’t going in circles, and you might need to anyway, as a sort of straight forward explanation if the police decide to charge him with domestic violence. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SHARE THIS WITH THE THREAD - I’m saying this is just something that could benefit you, if you feel like things are starting to get circular, or people (officials, not MN posters) are telling you they don’t understand. Like, “I left the hospital. I returned to (our flat? His flat? Do you have any other housing?). Once I was there, he hid the keys from me, saying it was because (why?). Then he (left? Went to work? Went to another section of the house?). When he came back, (what happened? Maybe you fought with him about him locking you in, but you were too afraid of him to leave? Did anything change day to day?). Then on day (which one?), he assaulted me (you don’t need to detail this - I’m sure it’s traumatic enough). This made me realize (you had to call the police? You had to get out somehow?).”
Maybe none of this helps you. I understand you say this is about pointing out how awful the police were to you so that other people aren’t victims of the same police mentality, but you’ve been a victim of violence, you’re already vulnerable - you both need and deserve support too, OP.
I wish you the very best of luck, and I hope it all gets sorted out, and you find a safe place.