Me and DH haven’t been getting on for a long time, but I’ve noticed that he has developed a way of shutting me down that makes it look like I’m not talking to him. So I’ll ask him to do/not do something that has been pissing me off for a long time, and he’ll give me a ‘here we go with the nagging again’ look, so then I’ll go off and not want to speak to him . It makes it look like I’m going off in a huff and not speaking, yet in reality I don’t want to go through that process and feel bad.
I used to be such a strong and feisty person, now I feel crushed by a look. I know it’s ‘abusive’ but can’t put a name to it.