I’ve been in a relationship for about 7 years now. At the time and during these 7 years I didn’t see it but I believe I do now. He got with me I was 19 years old, he’s 12 years older than me. I was young and very naive. Going forward a year after I met him some red flags started popping up: he wanted to change the way I dressed, my friends, my habits looking back pretty much everything. Guess what? He succeeded. I allowed him to pretty much change who I was as a person. Fast forward now to being together for about 7 years now. I feel like he’s manipulated me completely and I have allowed him to all these years, I want to let go but I always end up going back to him, he treats me like absolute crap sometimes and is constantly critical of everything I do. I do not want to go back to this man but I always feel my self going back. Has anyone gone through something similar? How did you overcome the urge of going back? I want to be free and be able to find and be myself the best version of myself.