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Don't want to hear you complain about your abusive relationship if you're going back to the trash the very next day

In spite of having plenty of options, but they are "hard"..Lying to yourself over and over again and choosing familiar misery. You don't have to be my problem. It is a waste of my empathy and energy.
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Miram · 31-35, F Pinned Comment


In spite of having plenty of options, but they are "hard"..



It's written right there!!! If you don't have options, I am obviously not talking about someone who is in your position. And you should not be taking what I say as about YOU specifically.

I deal with enough as it is. I don't need more to tend to.

ScreamingFox · 41-45, F
Ouch. It can be very confusing and difficult to break out of abuse. You never know what puts someone in that mindset, you don't know what they aren't telling you. I hid mine from everyone. I was scared, confused. Not saying it deserves to be coddled, but I will always have empathy for people stuck in abuse. I know how it feels and the more people that ditch you, the more you cling to the toxicity.
Miram · 31-35, F
@ScreamingFox

Again, same comment I replied to with AntiSocialTroll.

Your situation is not every situation. And that's not what my vent is about.

I am doing the right thing for myself.
ScreamingFox · 41-45, F
@Miram you have every right to do the right thing for yourself. You can't save everyone, I get it.

In saying that, people are going to react to strong words like this. People that have been hurt. It's a reaction, we all have them.

And such a topic in a place like this will illicit a reaction.
SUPERVlXEN · F
From my own experience it can take years to break out of an abusive relationship, losing friends during that time seems to be inevitable. It's like being addicted and one cannot break the bad habit before they are motivated/not having any hopes no longer for it to turn into a more healthy relationship, then next go through the fight with your abuser and keep up the motivation to change the situation. It did a difference for me to have a support system when I was ready for that change in my life tho. Meanwhile I guess I was a burden to others, including myself. Blaming myself afterwards for even getting into such a situation is the prize I have won for life.
Miram · 31-35, F
@SUPERVlXEN

Same thing I said to AntiSocialTroll. That doesn't apply to every case. And it shouldn't be forced as narrative where it doesn't belong.
Kuronekko · 41-45, F
One of the worst things about it is the fact that others say stuff like this to you while you struggle to break free. It makes you feel useless and powerless enough dealing with the slow erosion of your self worth in the relationship. Then you become silent around others as you can't just pull up your socks and follow their flippant advice. It's very easy to say, and incredibly hard to do. It took me many years to leave, and I thank those people who didn't give up on me even when I had given up on myself. You don't know the kind of manipulation and psychological games that people are put through in these situations. I hope you never go through anything like that, and I will always be there for people who do.
Miram · 31-35, F
@Kuronekko

Oh ok!! I am such horrible person who never been in an abusive relationship and my vent here is about each of your own experiences!! Couldn't possibly be about something else in my own life!

Bad bad me.
Kuronekko · 41-45, F
@Miram Your words matter to those of us who have been there. It does feel personal when you have struggled to get out of a situation like that.
AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
I've been there, before I was in that situation I couldn't understand why women didn't just leave but these men are brilliant at isolating you from friends and family and breaking you down till you are a shadow of your former self.

This results in a situation that you can no longer see a way out of, they make you completely emotionally dependent on them, breaking free can be hellishly difficult.

Sadly the most dangerous time for a woman in a domestic violence situation is when they try and leave their partners, within the 3 months after a break up you are more likely to be murdered by your ex partner than at any other time.

Some men are bastards.
AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
@SUPERVlXEN Agreed, the only difference is you have a slightly better chance at fighting back when your life depends on it if it's woman on woman.

I tend to think in the terms of men abusing women as it's more common and it's what happened to me but there are plenty of women who abuse their men too.

My ex was 6'2'' and built like a tank, I'm 4'9'' it was never an equal contest.
Miram · 31-35, F
@AntisocialTroll

Yeah, no. I am talking about specific situation where people do have options but they choose to waste my resources that should be spent elsewhere where it wouldn't be discarded every time.

I am not some limitless divine well. I have my own limits and I don't want to waste my life on people who have adopted the role of the victim and are simply unwilling to make efforts. Not every person who reached out is actually going to try their best to leave and are powerless and have no choices.


I think by over-focusing on powerlessness plenty , unfortunately, get enabled to be passive who aren't actually powerless.


We all had our stories.
SUPERVlXEN · F
@AntisocialTroll
Agreed to the physical aspect. There can be more than the physical violence at stake in a break away, even when physically there can be difference in the power we possess, opposite sex as same sex relationships.
SW-User
It's not always as simple as that . Our choices for partners goes back to our caregivers and how we were treated as children. It's ingrained in us . Realizing this is the first step to making better choices but it's not simple as that ..everyone's circumstances are different too ...
Gibbon · 70-79, M
There are a couple I read here and stopped replying to for that very reason.
They've been given good advice from dozens yet continue posting the same whining. It's like they expect someone else is going to fix their misery.
496sbc · 36-40, M
There are alot of abusers out there

 
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