I Have Been Emotional Abused

I spent the last year trying to recover, rediscover, and find myself.

I was emotionally abused for almost 5 years by my now ex-girlfriend. I didn't even realize it was happening until I was way too deep into the relationship. I only ever realized it after we had our daughter, and she used her to get everything from me. She pushed me away from my friends and family, she lied to me about our daughter's needs to get money, she threatened to take away our child, take me to court for child support and lie about unspeakable things. She lied to me about so many things. She kept me in the dark about a lot of things. I think she even cheated on me...

The worst part, despite all the evidence I brought to court, the years of texts, the pictures, the videos... they ignored it all and let her walk away, with 80% custody. It's been hard, living 3,000 miles away from my family, to see my daughter mostly every other weekend.

But I have been working hard to recover from it all. Some days are harder than others, some days I just want to disappear. But most days are okay. I'm reaching stability, mentally and financially, and I am doing everything to be there for my daughter. I finally started dating again and met someone who I care about deeply. Someone who cares about me too... something I haven't had in ages.