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I feel like I'm going crazy

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Maura99 · 03/03/2025 13:44

I've been with my partner for 10 years. I learnt early on in our relationship he had issues, but for some reason I ignored them and now 10 years on I'm in the worst mental state.
I dont know why I stayed with him when I seen them red flags early on. I have a child from a previous relationship which didn't end, my partner committed suicide leaving me with our 2 month old baby.
I didn't meet my now partner until 4 years later. I don't know whether I was just wanting a family I don't know. I just know I ignored every red flag and I mean there's been loads.
Now we have a child who is 5 and it's been the most horrific time out of the ten years.
He calls me crazy and nutty when I get upset. He checks my phone but denies it, if I don't answer the phone when he rings he questions what I was doing..he rings at different times of the day during work.
I dont go out hardly. Only for school drop off and pick up.
He find anything to say I've done something. Yesterday it was why I was on Facebook and jot answering the phone to him at 1pm. I hadn't been on Facebook since 12ish. I then was upstairs doing housework. When he got home and the children were in bed. Like he usually does he sits me down..gets the cushions all puffed right for me then questions me about it. He went on for 4 hours..it got to the point I was crying and confused.he was confusing me questioning trying to catch me out. Then he demanded my phone to look at some activity log on there. He then made himself a cup of tea and when I finally said I don't know why he keeps doing these things to me he said he hasn't done anything and I've made myself cry and I said I'm not happy I'm really sad and he said it's not his responbility my happiness.
His sister and bro in law walked passed our house once and I shouted hiya, he then questioned wjy I said hiya to his sisters bf I said I said it to both. He kept going on and 3 hours of questioning then we went to bed I was so upset crying quietly he grabbed my pony tail and yanked forcefully and laughed and told me I'm abit of hard work and genuinely smiled nice at me. I was confused. He owns another house which he stays in if he working lates we've always done it that way and sometimes we stay there for a break. So that night I made out I was going to keep him awake cos I couldn't sleep and I made out I didn't want to keep him awake. He shot up and acted so caring and asked if I was sure and gave me a genuine nice hug and went. He rang me 20 minutes later asking if anything was on my mind and if I was OK. I was too confused and upset to say it was him. I just said no I'm fine. There's been worse stuff through the years just trying to give examples of what its like.
Now I said I can't do it anymore he's point blank telling me he's never done anything it's all me and I'm a nut job and everybody would think that if I told them. I feel like it's me I feel like I'm going crazy. If it is me I need to know because I csnt see what I'm doing wrong.

OP posts:
Omgblueskys · 03/03/2025 14:33

Op this is appalling behaviour, and sounds like you have put up with this for many years, this man is absolutely abusive controlling, this is why your confused he likes it this way, stop asking him to stop he will never stop he will never admit to it ' because it's all your fault ' wow op take your power back, get out leave him, how have you put up with this behaviour, please plan to leave him, eggshells have to stop, start looking after you , just leave what have you got to lose, he has all this control to lose

Bittenonce · 03/03/2025 15:18

The only thing you’re doing wrong, is staying. Get out - now. While you and the kids still can.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 03/03/2025 15:20

It's not you, it's him. In his abuser head it is everyone else's fault but their own.
He hates women too, ALL of them (particularly his mother).

What did you learn about relationships when you were growing up?. Did you see similar from mum and dad in your home?.

This is patently no life for you or for that matter your child either. The supposed nice parts of him are actually the nice in the nice/nasty cycle of abuse which is a continuous one.

All your child has known at home is his/her father abuse you as their mum. Your child as well as you need to learn the lesson that the only acceptable level of abuse in a relationship is none. What do you want to teach your child about relationships and just what are they learning here?.

How can you be helped here into leaving your abuser?. Would you be willing and able to contact Womens Aid when he is out?. Could you go into a branch of Boots and ask the staff there for ANI?. They can and will direct you to domestic violence support services.

Bittenonce · 03/03/2025 15:32

AttilaTheMeerkat · 03/03/2025 15:20

It's not you, it's him. In his abuser head it is everyone else's fault but their own.
He hates women too, ALL of them (particularly his mother).

What did you learn about relationships when you were growing up?. Did you see similar from mum and dad in your home?.

This is patently no life for you or for that matter your child either. The supposed nice parts of him are actually the nice in the nice/nasty cycle of abuse which is a continuous one.

All your child has known at home is his/her father abuse you as their mum. Your child as well as you need to learn the lesson that the only acceptable level of abuse in a relationship is none. What do you want to teach your child about relationships and just what are they learning here?.

How can you be helped here into leaving your abuser?. Would you be willing and able to contact Womens Aid when he is out?. Could you go into a branch of Boots and ask the staff there for ANI?. They can and will direct you to domestic violence support services.

This.
listen to her, she’s right.

WakingUpToReality · 03/03/2025 16:50

Your partner sounds coercively controlling which is actually a crime now. You need to make plans to leave. Do you have any family or friends that can support you?

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