08/24/2025
Nobody knew what I was subjected to for years. My ex was abusive emotionally mentally and sometimes physically.
Being an empath is a being that is tune with oneself. This allows us to move differently. Reading the room so to speak. We fall victim to energy vampires and narcissist especially. Because of our nature, we are dismissed as distant. Loners. When you can feel the energy of the world you'd wanna stay away too. We are also targeted for our understanding and loving ways.
She manipulated me in more ways than one. She gaslighted me about bills and cheating on me Told constant lies about her being r***d and abused family members. She was the victim in all her stories. She hated my friends. If she couldn't get you to comply she would cut you off because they aren't good friends because they aren't talking to her everyday like she wants them to. Her stories has to more tragic then the other person so she would get all the attention. I dealt with it for years, I wasn't gonna subject my grandsons to it.
She was jealous of my grandbabies because of my attention. What was all hers at one point she had to share she wasn't happy and it showed. She made me feel like I couldn't live without her. Like nobody wanted me because she ruined me. I was broken and she was the only one who could fix and love me. I was manplaining. I was too overbearing. I was too loud. I was too much man. She wanted a man she could control and she got that.
Over time the abuse became physical. Playful punchs and slaps became more aggressive and started leaving marks. I was forced to put things in my name. Handle her problems when she didn't want to. Lie to people on her behalf. She wanted to punish people when didn't fall in line with her narrative. Mine was withholding s*x and sleeping alone.
I cried many nights believing I was stuck. That I was unloveable. That nobody wanted me. She was all I had in the world.
25 years of this. Her mom won't say anything to her about anything. Her mom manipulated me into giving her information that she told her daughter. So....yeah.
So it happens
YES MEN CAN BE ABUSED BY WOMEN, WE JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.