What you MUST do to LEAVE an Emotionally Abusive Relationship | Stephanie Lyn Coaching
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Girls, I am 60 and have gone through 2 divorces...young ladies, don't waste your years on someone who is a taker...Takers are people who take, your hopes, your self, and your soul...you feel empty and they never give... except to get... remember, this is your life...year in year out, this is your time... VALUABLE TIME because you are valuable...don't waste your time trying to get someone to like and love you...if you have to do that, they are stingy...with themselves and everything thing they own...think smart...learn about yourself and love yourself...your worth it
Thank you ma’am!
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Thank you so much your a very smart Women thank you for Sharing vital advice
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The hardest part of being able leave is that not many abusers are abusive 100% of the time. There are sometimes 70% good, loving times. But 30% really horrible times.
It’s like they’re two different people. Dr. Jekyll and Hyde
This. It is difficult. When things are good, they are REALLY good. But I know that it's coming. I don't know when, I don't know where, but at any given moment she just turns and it becomes a hellish barrage of hate and hurt and abuse. It's like she is two different people, and I am CONSTANTLY having to live on edge because I just don't know when the next attack will come.
@@guidosarducci166 Nobody should ever have to put up with that. Someone who treats you like that does not genuinely care about you. You deserve to live a happy life where you aren't sneak attacked with terrible mood swings and abuse. I hope you are able to get out a live happily.
and* live happily
Or 90% horrible times and 10% “okay” times. But because you experience intense pain MOST of the time; that 10 % feels SO soothing that it almost becomes an addiction. Very hard to exit that cycle 🤧
After 23 years a peaceful home is all I want.
Me too after 17 years. Health and peace are what we need.I wish you all the best in life!
Yes. Peace is my goal too.
Me too
Blessings
To you .
All I want is peace , joy , and a healthy happy home not only for myself but for my Children .enough is enough .
And it's not too much to ask
"You can't have a rational conversation with an abusive partner, bc if they recognized they're abusive, they would've done something about it by now" - This really hit home for me. Thank you so much Steph💗
As a man this hits home for me as well.
I was bad before but I made changes and improvements to show I wanted to be a better man, better lover, better partner.
But I can see now that she was never interested and our relationship was toxic before I caused any harm.
I have to let her go. She doesn't want to improve. She doesn't want things to get better.
@@KingNexusMOCs Deep down, she'll respect you for leaving her, and it might even motivate her to finally look at herself and make changes. - Keep on working on your healing brother. There's a Queen waiting to love you in your near future and treat you like the King you are becoming. - If I may make a suggestion, look into masculine energy. Now that I've left the abusive relationship, studying feminine energy is helping me rebuild myself as a high quality woman.
Yes, it's true.
So true amen.
Yup, had that fight with him, informing him that he is emotionally abusing me... his response:"you are crazy"... gaslit right there.
Have been intimately and emotionally rejected by him now for 5 months. I have learnt not to become as pathetic, pleading, crying and be scared he will leave me, like I did before. I am standing my ground to rather learn and love myself, as I learnt that true love does not treat one like this.
He is NOT willing to see and accept that he has big issues causing me to act the way I do. He rather label me as stubborn, disrespectful and not loving him.
He told me also that a man marry to be able to easily have sex for life. He definately does not understand the concept of marriage then....
I have reached my quota of enduring the insecurity about our marriage connection..
I broke up with him today. I deserve better. It’s been a rollercoaster. Now the healing begins!
Sending you positive energy.. you got this!
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After four years, I left last month. I couldn’t take the blatant disrespect. It was tearing me down badly. Even if there are no other romantic relationships in my life, staying wasn’t tolerable any longer. My mental and physical health were deteriorating. He did it on purpose with no remorse. He enjoyed it. Ocean of red flags and getting worse. Life is better without him.
This is so hard! I left the abuse 45 days ago. I'm so depressed and constantly think of ending it all. I was isolated in that relationship. I have no friends nor family. I have been my only support through this. I had to move to another town. Sometimes I feel I don't have the strength to continue. I was stripped of my self worth, my soul, my dreams, and even my hope. I don't know who I am anymore. This life seems like a nightmare that I can't wake up from. What little compassion that is left in my heart goes out to all the women who have been through this and made it out alive. I pray we all can heal!!!
Girl I met a crazy ass man, that apparently sees me continuously cheating in his mind. He's beat shit crazy, and when he gets like this there's no snapping him out of it. He belittled me, he's a demon sent from hell. He is possessed, I can even tell when he wants to know something like who I was on the phone with. It triggers him and he gets this sweet crazy look in his eyes and he asks so politely "who was that babe" but little do I know I just woke a demon inside of him. Cause out of no where he will start tripping, it might take a month but it's comes and goes.
I’m in the same situation planning to leave and he knows it every person I meet acts funny when I get a job because they know I don’t have family and won’t be able to financially control me anymore I’m living with a man twice my age that is so controlling that I’m scared to have sex with him because he demands it and knows he met me outside on the streets , he’s making me feel like he’s the only man that will house and treat me very good and something will happen to me on the streets smh
I too am currently going through this alone. It’s only been a week and a half for me. It’s devastating. We can survive!
Me too... They tend to isolate their partner from friends and family... It's all part of the manipulation...
Im so sorry🙏🏽
How are you feeling these days?
I have had 2 relationships like this. I left both when it became physical. That crossed the line. I am now married to a beautiful man and will be celebrating our silver wedding at Christmas. So yes, you can recover and move on.
I love that you found a beautiful man.
I needed to see this
@@newme2308 Me too. I just really hope there is a chance of a decent relationship after what we went through...
@@philima I think it’s us that needs to change and everything outside us will change
The word beautiful doesn’t sound like a strong masculine guy….
Almost 15 years with the wrong man. I knew it from the day i met him that he was probably not right for me, but i was attracted and intrigued.
6 months into it i received the first bit of verbal and emotional abuse, and it began to snowball and became a way of life. I left him the first time 5 years into it, with our 2 year old, and I ended up going back because i had very little to no resources to survive on my own. And then i left again, and came back, and again, and came back. I stayed long enough to finish college and left again, and came back.... and i don’t know what the hell is wrong with me that once i would leave it wouldn’t be long before i felt like i made a mistake, I’d feel guilty, id be manipulated, convinced that we could have so much more together and thinking maybe i didn’t try hard enough.
Two kids later and I’m awake to the knowledge that he will never change! He will never grow, he will never be better than what he is.
Dominating, controlling, loud, obnoxious, arrogant, demanding, difficult, impatient, judgemental...... and not there for me when I’m sick or hurt.
He wants a partner to help with finances and provide sex. But if i need emotional support he can’t be bothered. If I’m sick, it’s all in my head.... if i have a need , I’m crazy!!!
I’m sick of it! I’m not needy, I’m very independent, but I’m a human and i need a human connection.
This monster isn’t capable of that. All he does is manipulate me into thinking that he’s connecting but what’s he’s really doing is trying to convince me that I’m wrong and that he’s right.
The Good Choice There's nothing wrong with you for going back, you are Trauma Bonded to him & it is so hard to break. It is literally like coming off a drug when that bond is broken. Also you see hope, potential & have empathy-- all human qualities. I keep going back to my abusive husband also. My friends & family all want me to stay away from him but I know I cannot do it until I am ready within myself to deal with the pain and terror of leaving for good. Love and light to you...
Reading your story is like reading my future story.. I got married 7 month back and my husband have same behavior as your husband he always wants me but he is never available for me . He always convence me that I was wrong that's why this happen. And now his family also supports him . He have this habbit of telling everything even our personal bed room talks to his mother . And justify his actions by saying that's my habbit . A month before we had fight he got vilont on me and abbuses me and my family . I have left his home . That also dint realese him his mistake he was giving reasons why he hit me . One day out of angre when I said I dont this relationship I wanted to end it . After some hours he called and said Please forgive me give me one last chance . I'm am really not getting what to do it's only 7 month of marriage should I give him one last chance or not . ?
I can relate my ex was never there emotional for me but wanted sex I refused so now he's mad and he knows not calling me hurt my feelings. I learning to love myself first and next time I will time my time and much sure he's actions line up with his words. I'm done with empty promises.
OMG!!! AS I STARTED READING YOUR COMMENT, ALL I COULD THINK WAS, "THIS IS ME!!" IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKING TO HIM, I KNEW HE WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR ME, BUT I WAS INTRIGUED BY HIS CONVERSATIONS. HE STARTED VERBALLY ABUSING ME LIKE 9 MONTHS IN. HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET ME PREGNANT BUT FOR SOME REASON I JUST WILL NOT CONCEIVE A CHILD AT THE MOMENT. I FEEL AS IF MY SPIRIT GUIDES ARE PROTECTING ME. I LEFT AGAIN TODAY!
Yohhh Good Choice, I was also in the same position as you, but I had to put an end to this come back and forth. I was always blaming myself that maybe, there's something wrong with me. He would blame me for everything that he was doing, stating that I pushed him to that. I would feel bad. He was so manipulative, demanded sex like I was his sex slave, but I am glad that I managed to get out of that relationship
Ok....after suffering for about 3 yrs w this abusive person, ,,,I left yesterday...I prepared for yesterday for a year....I found the strenght to leave .😵😿😥
I couldnt live another day...I was dead...I feel like a shredded piece of rag....Im going to heal and become the person I was before he drained my spirit...it was Soooo bad....I have severe anxiety bcuz of this relationship....I left yesterday while he was at work...I literally escaped...when 3:00 pm comes around everyday my anxiety goes thru the roof...because its the time he is on his way home...I knew that at 3:50 he was going to see my car not there and run in to find I left.I BLOCKED him everyway I could ..I was TERRIFIED...Im now staying w a fam member...but I have to park my car two blocks away so he wont drive around to see if Im at my fam house...the aftermath TRAUMA ,,,Im paranoid he is going to pop up...I promised MYSELF N GOD N MY FRIENDS N FAM I WONT GO BACK...I see a therapist...Im getting my own place in Sept...I love myself enough to know that I wasn't growing and this last time he left me BRUISES all over..where they are visible...☹😔 I had two bruises on my neck ..one on each side...he choked me so bad ..I looked in the mirror and I seen all the bruises and they hurt just as bad as the mental n emotional scars...I said...thats it...I have been thru enough of abuse..from childhood..THAT was the last draw......Now I feel ....heartbroken and happy at the same time..😢...I need to heal...I am very spiritual...its God THAT has guided and given me strenght when I was ready to kill MYSELF.....I dont want young girls to think that its normal to get treated this way......its not...We are not THE PROBLEM
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES...💖 Stay prayed up..keep God 1st..,God Bless
rivers nature your situation sounds just like mine!! So glad you left I will be leaving soon. Leaving my home I built and 2 dogs but I have to !
Terri Cornwell
Please do. I feel soooooooooooooo much better😥😊
Better things to come for us!😀👍💖💖 Stay strong and positive .
rivers nature god bless both of you!
@@tashina505 hello😊 Im doing great. Im happy to say...I have peace of mind and have moved foward. He has been calling me through private calls but I dont answer...Ive blocked him n his emails go straight to spam...Im glad that I left.
@@tashina505 u left him tday? Congratulations...its really tough...so be proud ...how do you feel?
I finally left today, finally. I’m not sure what the future holds but I’m ready to see what will happen.
I hope you’re in a better place today❤️ sending you strength and smiles
I'm in a similar situation, how did it work out Samantha?
@@donwhelan768 Wondering as well
@@donwhelan768 sorry for the late reply! We got back together and finally I was discarded by him for the best of both of us! It’s difficult because we have a trauma bond so it’s difficult to completely cut him off... but making progress every day!
I left I don’t how to feel!
I am 76 and in abusive relationship. Thought I was too old. You have inspired me. Thank you!
Our heart is never old. We can find love at any moment in our life. You are loved. Cheers my dear.
Five yrs later I decided ( today) I decided to move. I have 3 children with him and they have to stay
Breaking up is hard to do, but necessary to grow.
110% agree!
True true true!!! The six year relationship has stumped my growth!!
We have to treat the narc as they are and not as we would like them to be. The lesson for me was to rediscover my own power. I was never truly a victim. I was a willing participant. My narc was a mirror exposing me to my character flaws such as codependency, low self esteem and poor boundaries to name a few. Narcs are predators that don’t get better. The more time you invest in them they become better predators.
Kirby Augustine This is one of the best comments I’ve ever read on our situations this is so so true I am literally delving into the exact same things going to Codependents Anonymous is very helpful I learned I totally married my dad emotionally unavailable but I took it a step further and married someone emotionally abusive
Kirby Augustine: Wow, you couldn’t have said it better. You’re exactly right and should be a wake up call for all who endure abuse.
wow! testimonal truth!
So true this is what I say I let him in and stayed around when I should have left him long time ago
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I’ve listened to this video over and over and over. I’ve got money saved, a storage unit, an attorney, and am in weekly therapy. The fear of his words still has power. You said it perfectly so many times here. I feel like I’m living 2 lives and preparing for a war. My narcissistic husband has no idea or faith in my strength. I’m using that to my advantage. I’m so close to being ready to tell him and file. Just need to close up on a place to live (we have a 2 year old) and fighting the fear of hateful words and social media abuse. Thank you for this and all of your videos!!
I’m in same situation as you ! How have you got on ?
@@katieviljoen8409 I moved out on October 1st while he was at work. It was the absolute hardest and terrifying thing I ever did. Once he found out and started rapidly calling I could have puked. The sickness and almost out of body stress I felt at that moment I can never put in to words. I don’t want to scare you but so many videos say it’s “hard”. But I was and still am addicted to trying to make him happy. So I almost physically felt like I was going to have a heart attack …. It was the worst feeling. I just don’t know how to even put it in to words. He now is promising me the world and I just can’t go back. So even though I physically moved, because he nonstop pushes I feel like I’m in the same boat. I still haven’t severed the trauma bond. If I can help in any way please let me know. Be prepared .. if you’re like me and have been a people pleaser and empath your whole life… be prepared to feel a feeling of sickness like you’ve never felt before. 😞 I’m thinking of you. Now I still have to cut my contact. He uses the exchanges to pull me back. So I’m still very much struggling. Months later. I wish I had a lighter way to explain this. I’m here if I can help in any way though!
Unfortunately I empathize deeply with this except he is my sole source of income. I cannot secure housing 😢 my heart is with you though. Hope you and your little girl get out.
@@amylynn7881 I once read a commenter's reply, & she said she actually had to move out of state, to get away. Narcs Never change, no matter how nice you are to them. Just go, "No contact," with them once & for all.
Normal people are friendly, but not all friendly people are Normal.
Normal people are kind.
Not all kind people are Normal.
Kindness without Honesty, is Manipulation. 💗💗💗
Same here, but I have a new place to stay that he doesn't know about. Over 2 hours from our current home. I guess I have planned more than I knew because all the steps she went over I have in place.
I am planning to leave my physically and emotionally abusive husband tomorrow. Despite all the promises to act better he never changed but I am realising that I am changing. I am turning into a sad and angry person. I am losing my sanity. I can barely remember the last time I heartily laughed which I used to frequently do before meeting him. I believe I deserve better. I deserve to be happy again. God give me strength.
So so hard when there’s a child involved ☹️
Its harder when there is 4 involved 😢
i can relate, she has a point when she says they twist your words and your feelings so that you feel that you’re making a wrong decision, if you survived before they existed you can survive after and be more resilient!
I got two kids and I need to get out soon as possible
@@sharonjackson199 There is plenty of help for you and your kids, DO NOT BE AFRAID to use the resources available in your community; they can help you and protect you. Stay positive
Sharon Jackson praying for you xoxo
I broke it off completely after 3 years of an abusive relationship 3 months ago. It was the best decision of my life, that bad situation made me a better stronger person, I have so much more appreciation for good people. I’m now in the healthiest relationship I’ve ever been in. I look at the past as a place of reference not a place of residence.
Congrats. I pray with all my heart I can say the same ASAP
Right on! I love imma keep that saying! Very happy to hear ur story. Gives others hope always in storytelling. Aloha!
That last sentence.. the past is reference on residence
That gives a lot of us hope. Thank you for your comment 👏
Thanks for this line- a place of reference not residence! Indeed, so well said.
Nov 2018 i asked for a divorce after being together for 10 years
Nov 2019 divorce granted
2021 he is remarried
2021 me still watching these videos to continue my healing journey and be the best ME i can and will be. Thank you Stephanie x
This video is 5 yrs old and is helping folks in 2023. ❤
And now 2024.
Timeless content
This is exactly what I needed to hear!!
I want to move on ... I’ve been in this toxic relationship for 8 years and this video has given me the strength to put a stop to this cycle!
Did u leave? I just ended my 11 yr marriage. I dont know how I'm gonna go thru it
@@maribella2139 I'm in the same situation right now..14 years. 3 kids. I'm lost.
Me too Bianca. 7 years, dated him since I was 12 when we started, I’m 18 now.
Bianca how did the break up go.Im stuck in a very toxic abusive relationship
I’m in the same boat..
This video literally changed my life. I left my abusive partner and am doing so much better now. Thank you stephanie 💕
Hi Lydia, in a similar situation, after 2 years do you still think you made the right choice?
We are both toxic to each other. I hate myself and he is a selfish monster from hell.
Let God Love you and you will heal and learn to love yourself. You are not the way someone treated you.
@@webuysellhousesaptscashoff9453 Thank you so much 🙏
@@KellyDawnGoneWrong Sure Kelly. The Lord healed my broken heart. We all have a common enemy who seeks to steal, kill and destroy us. When you say Yes God I need you so desperately and save me He will. He that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Call on Him, cry out to Him. If you feel the pulling and tugging of your heart don’t harden it. Just say yes Lord hear I am. God loves the broken hearted and He is open to their cry. He healed mine.
My emotionally abusive partner winds me up and gaslights me he knows I have a temper then knows when I explode from the mind fucks he’ll point and laugh and say look how you’re behaving then i cry because he’s so good at what he does.
@@charleelooo that's another manipulation tactic. So that he can put the blame on you and say "look at how crazy you are". I hope you can get away soon
Sexlessness. Sharing a bed with someone who doesn’t acknowledge you are a sexual being hurts so much. I was in a sexless marriage for years. Being a woman with a high libido, I felt inadequate. Worst I feel invisible. The man who was “supposed” to want me, just didn’t. We talked about it many times, more than I can recall now. It was always me. I wanted too much - once a week was too much for him. I didn’t initiate - he was always complaining of headaches, stomaches, always stressed, always tired. I was too sexual - when being subtle doesn’t work, what is next? Explicitly saying I wanted sex. Oh but then it was not appropriate. Conversations would end up with him saying he didn’t feel desired or I made him feel emasculated because he didn’t want sex as much as I did. Yeah, it was always me. I could never win. While we were dating we would have a decent amount of sex, it was good. The first huge red flag was not having sex in our honeymoon - which I ignored. It rapidly decrease to once a week, then every other week. Years gone by it was months in between, by the time we divorced it was over a year with no sex. I cried myself to sleep more times that I can count. I didn’t understand what was wrong with me. Was I that undesirable? Was I repulsive? After those conversations, I just stopped trying, initiating, mentioning sex. We were still loving - holding hands, hugging, kissing - but sex was off the table. He then cheated on me. Swore he had sex only 4 times in a year (or more) long affair. It didn’t matter. For years my self worth was damaged by him, years of low self esteem, years of feeling less of a woman, the marriage that was more than over, waiting in hospice, really ended. Funny how things are, I asked him for a divorce, he manipulated me into staying, next day his infidelity came to light. I was out as soon as I could. Best thing of my life. Additionally, That feeling when your partner cheated and you don't have the courage to leave him / her so you just death with the pain and live everyday asking questions about your worth. This pain is different from the cheating one_living and seeing him everywhere anticipating when he or she do it again. The best thing is to hire a private investigator Metaspyhub@gmail. com to help you spy on their cellphone remotely just like he did for me...
The narcissist expects the relationship to end, right from the first day meeting you. They know you're not going to put up with their abuse and manipulation forever. You will leave or at least take a step back from giving them supply, to the point where they are forced to discard you. They know this is inevitable.
Narc Survivor That's foul. Narcissism should be vaccinated. Wow.
You’re exactly right! I have heard them admit this.
Yeah they often test you or warn you of their bad side in the beginning..
Narc Survivor So true. I was looking for our marriage certificate a few weeks after getting married and found it filed under Divorce.
But whyyyy
I'm choosing to love myself first... I walked away from the situation plenty of times and today is my new beginning. I've mad a promise to myself that I deserve better. I will replay this video as many times as I need to, to stay mentally strong!
We’re you able to stay strong ?
@@provaakter7050 yes now. Wow you just helped me realize I’ve been back since this comment. But also that I’ve let go for the final time 4 months ago.
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How’s things going now?
@@ItsCherry504 I’ve moved away and doing good with my life. The healing process is still tedious but I finally let it go 9 months ago.
Good for you, I have been practicing about loving myself for once..
I’m being isolated, doesn’t like me seeing my family, doesn’t want me going to work related things, always thinking I’m sleeping with male dentists that I work with, doesn’t like me calling my kids when they’re with their father. It’s so fucking draining and hard as fuck ! Please lord give me the strength to leave this narcissist
Hey... did you end up leaving?
I’m kinda going through the same thing I been with him for 2 years and 8 months and at one point I was happy and thought things were getting better.. but things are starting to come down again... it’s constantly me being accused of being with other guys or liking other guys.. I literally had icing stain on my shirt the other day from work and he starts accusing me saying that I’m with other guys and that it’s cum and saying all this random shit. Not even the worst part he calls me a “bitch” “dumbass” and that I always ruin everything and everything is my fault... when all I do is try to make things better and what’s hard is that I’m starting to normalize the name calling... but it’s draining I felt like ever since I got with him I got depressed again and I just can find the courage to leave but I notice myself getting tired slowly...I guess I just don’t want be lonely I’m scared to be by myself I have no friends and he’s made me grow apart from my family, that at this point I feel like I got no one...
@@Leslie-yh6de hunni you’re not alone ! Yes I left 10 months ago now ! Thank god ! He controlled my life and much much more :( if you want add me on Insta and we can chat x
@@Leslie-yh6de I am literally going through the same thing. I’m so depressed and don’t know how to leave him.
@@cbreezy220 we can do this.
It feels like someone trying to take everything from you, u r drained
Ur souls ur heart ur dream all gone. He stepped on you and mock at everything u ever had.
Same here I'm preparing myself to leave.... just gotta find the strength
I'm so done with him and his shit and abuse. I'm leaving. He has no idea. He has threatened to kill me if I leave, that he will find me. I dont even care anymore. I'm terrified. But I'm also hopeful for a better future. He took everything from me and I'm going to get it back.
Hope you got it back Elizabeth
I'm 20 years old and going through an emotional abusive relationship, somehow everything is my fault... My time will come soon
A friend who had been through this told me the same, and I’ll tell you now. It will never stop being your fault in their eyes. They will always twist anything back on you. They will always be in denial and not truly change.
Katie Mccoy I’m in this exact position now. I’m 19, we’ve been together for almost a year, he’s my second ever love, but he’s the most emotionally abusive person and he somehow makes everything my fault, even if I haven’t done anything wrong. I’m trying to leave, but somehow he keeps manipulating me into staying. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through, especially alone.
What happened after 9 months?
soon is now
Katie Mccoy I am am in the same situation right now ... it just got worse and I was blamed for it all .
I can't stop crying. Everything you say is so accurate and empowering
yes
Not quite. There’s a hint of victim blaming in there. Read Dr Jessica Taylor, Lundy Bancroft, and Don Hennessy
I've been in and out of an emotionally abusive relationship for 6 yrs. I was codependent on him. I wanted to fix him because he was abused physically and emotionally by his mother. She recently passed and it breaks my heart that she left without making amends. So I made excuses for his cheating and at times narcissistic behavior. He's incapable of changing or doesn't want to but I can't do it anymore. I'm learning to love myself and being my own hero.
Thank you for sharing.
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So today I’ve cried so many times bc, strangely, I miss my abuser. Very similar experiences to you some of those who’ve replied (strangled, humiliated, chased by knives, etc.) Your video gives me strength and hope that I CAN get thru this.
I am so glad the videos have helped!
I am having the same issue. My partner is very emotionally abusive and a narcissist . We broke up and got back together a few times. However today i ended it for good..my feelings for him are still there and i do have a bit of anxiety. But i deserve better and watching this video and knowing i have loved ones around me is helping me go forward.
Yeah, I wished him the best as I said goodbye and thanked him for the good times while he wished me pain and loneliness. He's the one at a loss.
I am definitely going through this process. I been married for 18 years and been solely financially dependent. I am looking for a job, been going to counseling, and working out at the gym to get myself mentally and physically stable to leave. I no longer engage in conversations with my abuser and focuses on myself. Getting money is huge for me to move out and away from his verbal abuse and intimidation. I am ready to leave and live the life I deserve.
Hi, how did you help yourself to get financial independent? My keep me on his travels in cant get me a normal job... Im looking for online work...dont know where to start..💔
It’s been four years! How have you been?
After 20 years of marriage, 5 years of dating, endless hardwork and sacrifices, I finally gave up and walked away. I lived with a lazy, self-serving chauvinist pig for the last quarter of century and in my naive crazy head, i thought my love and kindness can change him, but a taker he is will never change. The last blow to my face was that he didn't seem to care that i called it quit. No fights, no arguments, no talks. He just wanted his half of the house equity. The word "self-sooth" really hit home for me today. I am still in disbelieve that I have wasted 25 years of my life on this bastard and his family. Depressed and sad but I have to hold myself up for my daughters. Thank you for your positive message.
Congratulations on getting away, be free invest in yourself now and don’t look back. We all make mistakes in life but enjoy your new life now. I hope i get my chance to.
If I can financially manage to get out of this marriage, I'm never doing this again.
I feel you. Do you have kids?
Same
Same here
Same here
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Hands down one of the best relationship advice videos I've seen. I shared it with a friend. This really helped me today... The hardest part is knowing it's time to walk away when pouring your heart out and trying to communicate time and time again only to be ignored by the person who's never willing to admit their faults, apologize and work on resolution. You know it's over when you finally resort to name-calling because nothing else works, but then you just feel terrible while they continue to ignore you. There comes a time when you just have to respect yourself and your boundaries. Never let someone get comfortable disrespecting and/or disregarding you.
Well, on the other side, someone who is verbally attacking you for 2 or 3 hours, calling you a liar, cheater, etc. is painful, too. All his wrongful accuses are still ringing in my ears and hurting me.
So true🙌🏻I didn’t realize that he was isolating me!! If I work: where are you!! If I’m home: your always home!!! I have no freedom!! I thought after years of being with a narcissist I would never be in another covert abusive relationship!! There are so many versions of abuse 😔Thank you for this eye opening video 🙏🏻
@david sanders thank you for sharing this! One of the things I kept thinking that made it not toxic was that he didn’t isolate me. But I realized I isolated me because it was too hard not to. What I’d come home to want worth it, so I isolated myself from everyone. I also started to think I didn’t like people, but I realize it was self preservation. I hope you are doing better today ❤️
When I worked he didn't care how much sleep he would make me lose, when I'd wake up on the mornings id have to be very quiet or he would get mad. When I dont work he complains im home all the time, I dont contribute, its my fault everything is awful because I'm "lazy". When I worked he was home playing game all day, then calls me down because I'm tried afterwards and dont wanna do dishes because I cleaned all day at work.. but again I'm lazy and don't help out all I do is work but dont help.. and no matter how much I help I dont do enough. Its just this exhausting cycle. It won't ever ever matter what I do I'm just not good enough. Get thrown out, let back in just to be thrown out again at some point because its inevitable. I'm getting ready to leave im just getting a few things in order, im going to stay with my parents, get a job and take care of myself. I'm sick of this im not gaining anything, the love I receive is minimal and on his terms. I cant even pick the movies we watch because "you take too long to pick", or "the movies you pick suck"... im sick of completely catering to him. I lost myself totally, and im disappointed in myself for that. He honestly doesn't care if im here, or not. So I might as well do myself a favor, and get as far from him as possible hes just weighing me down because he can.
i had to get out recently. my tears were all down my face! i am so glad that i had gotten out. my ex bf was too much. so many of my friends were telling me to get him out! I didn't know what to do. I called the domestic violence hotline. then i realized how he used me, and take advantage of my emotions. Controlling someone is never normal. i am strong enough to leave that behind me.
Yesterday I broke up with my ex for the third and final time. He was very emotionally abusive as well as an alcholholic. I'm teetering on being strong and having an emotional breakdown. I have to keep my head in the right place or else I'll just break! Luckily I prepared myself for this but definately not easy.
You sure
I could have literally wrote this myself. I’m leaving mines this weekend
I’m right where you werw
People who love you, love you at your core. I am entering a phase of life that includes war. It is not easy.
Ronald Irwin THAT'S exactly what I summarized from all these experiences .... The first person who need to love at my core its me , and only a person who really loves and treats me right as I am , is the one that I really care for ...
Also listen to Robert Blakes jr on youtube he will pray for you through this
8 years of marriage and with two young children, leaving my abusive husband finally came. I left by decision and the strength I didn't think I Had, helped me understand it was time to go. It's hard so hard especially trying not to feel guilty for leaving, but deeply I was fed up with the constant yelling, punching holes, put downs, humiliated, breaking things, belittled, etc Day by day I try to Surround myself with people who seem to understand me, and lifts up my spirit.
He still believes I'm coming back and says he will change. I still communicate bc we have children together, but he still tries to find ways to make me feel insecure. It takes day by day to rebuild the strength I've lost.
To those who haventeft, only you will know when it's time to leave. I'm still trying to fight off the feeling of guilt of leaving but I knox I'm at a better place.
I can't believe Tania it is my story and my life presently. Each and every word you've said. And still stuck with him because of the kids. That's my only problem right now. Thank god there are women who still fight for their lives and well being. I feel that I am not the only one, the crazy one, the one who separated a family. Good luck Tania...
11 years and I’m still having a hard time leaving 😔
Tania Silva how are your children coping? How is co-parenting? Does he use the children against you or try?
yup been there and done that I had made that choice I'm not coming back..I need to change for me and my children
This is where I am at now, I feel the guilt and worry about my kids future. I feel like I am going crazy! I have lost my identity, I live in complete isolation, his favorite saying is "YOur a cry baby, there you go ruining the day again". I need uplifting ppl in my life.
I listened to this this morning . And I am in the middle of the 8th breakup with this man over a 3 1/2 year period. Such turmoil! I almost lost all my friends and distanced from all my family. I felt like I was going crazy. I am 57 years old and can’t do this anymore. Just so hard to stay away from him as he comes back “love bombing”. Thank you for helping me finally moving forward.
Am here I lost all my friends he asked me to block all of them, leave my work bla bla and I feel am crazy and my life doesn't feel like am in it.Soo numb 😭😭😭
I'm struggling hard to stop myself from trying to reason with him. I have to actually say out loud, "you're deflecting, you can't be reasoned with, I don't have the energy for this, etc" and that feels more like I'm being the toxic one. I believe that if I don't say these things out loud though, more for myself than for him, I won't recognize his deflection, that he isn't taking responsibility, that he can't be reasoned with, and I feel it would be more difficult to set boundaries. I'm still learning how to not be baited into arguments with him.
I'm gay and was in a 6-month relationship (yes, it can get bad in just 6 months and leave scars) with someone who I at first thought was my soulmate. Stephanie is so right about bringing one's own wounds to a relationship that allow you to get hooked and tolerate mistreatment. Mine were about being neglected and ignored. You don't see the red flags or just get confused by them. That guy trashed my self confidence, ability to trust, even my grasp of reality. The preexisting wounds can let you get sucked in even if it's for a week and just make them raw again.
And he got nasty, just like Stephanie has said about emotionally abusive people. Do the self-love and growth, like I did, to make sure you never get taken in again.
I wish emotional abuse was illegal somehow like physical abuse. A sense of justice would be helpful for me. I still see him around or hear about him once in a while and I don't know how to deal with it. I call him the heart rapist.
😞I'm scared I just can't take it no more I'm pregnant and have no job. I need God to send me an angel Dios protejeme de todo mal
Stay strong things will get better
Most shelters are nice and let U stay a long time. I didnt wanna go either, but when I did he rarely crossed my mind. They let U rest there, fix amazing meals, and give U legal/free counseling. My mistake is coming back. Here I am 12 years in, sadder than hell. Just go! When. u can
This is me currently
@@amandam5210 same for me. I’m 24 and have a little girl. Not his, thank gosh! It’s so hard when I feel so alone!
Rosa, como seguiste? Qué pasó?
I can’t thank you enough. I’m sat on the bus crying because I am worthy of happiness. I’m ready.
Thank you again.
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I'm a guy and I sent this to my guy friend who is in a toxic relationship. This video works for ANYONE in a toxic relationship!
Thank you for making this!
Stephanie every time I watch you you say exactly what I went through 3 years ago. There is no rationalizing with them. I was a “terrible person, selfish person, the child is going to hate me, la la la”. I heard it all and it was awful but I ignored it with help. I quickly learned to argue was like arguing with a fence post. You are spot on and I hope this reaches people before they leave so they know what to expect. I had no idea what kind of fire I was playing with but I did it! And made it through it and am very happily remarried now. 🙏
I'm going through this dilema.. I'm scared to make the wrong decision mainly because of my 3 children, but I know in my heart that I am not happy..
@david sanders David, the hardest thing about leaving an abusive relationship is the fact that you're not going to get closure. Before this marriage with covert emotional abuser, while back I had a relationship with an over narcissist (yes as this video indicates, clearly I need to work on my own issues so they do not walk into another relationship like this) and the hardest thing with coping with the fact that there would be no closure, and no admission of responsibility from my boyfriend at the time.
Waiting for anyone with narcissistic traits to take responsibility for their part in the relationship well, you are going to be waiting till pigs are ice skating in hell.
We have to validate ourselves. Talk to as many people as you can who are empathetic. Watch as many of these videos as you can. I have been binge-watching videos on narcissism for a year now. In fact whenever I think my partner is a rational person and I go to him with my feelings about something, and I'm reminded once again that I am dealing with someone that will go on the attack, invalidate me, gaslight me and not so subtly put me down, or act like I'm being ridiculous and crazy, I come here to remind myself that I'm not dealing with a rational person.
It's hard not to want the validation from that person. What they're doing is so obviously abusive and it's just mind-boggling that they don't see it. But we need to accept that they wont and never will. I think it's the only way to heal and move on.
elisa diaz I’m in the same situation right now. I cry myself to be strong for my kids but I know sooner or later this is not a place for me
You give me hope!!!!!
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Needed this. Could you follow up with healing after an emotional abusive relationship?
HAHA! Yes, I've totally been living on UA-cam to prepare myself to make this change in my life! It really has given me the strength to stand on my own two feet. The repetition of listening to these videos from Stephanie and many of the other vloggers has helped me to have the words in my head & heart so I am able to speak my truth when needed.,
3:46 got me motivated deep in my 46 year old miserable, broke gut...THANK YOU...thank you...I can do this because I deserve better because I AM WORTHY.
@NY Nurse, yes, we can, we really can, it's about time.
Kristy Kabui YAS Kristy we can and we will! Thank you!
I’ve been in toxic relationships repeatedly throughout my entire life. Married and divorced only to marry the same person over and over and over again. I didn’t even know that this was a “thing“ until a few years ago. So here I am 12 years into a very toxic relationship and wanting so badly to make it work. It’s craziness I know. Such a hard place to be in when you realize what you’re dealing with but feel you have to try and work it out. Prayers please.
I ended a emotional/toxic abuse relationship. I moved out of the apartment today and my car was stolen all in the same day! I don’t know if my ex partner was involved. But I would not be surprised! I’m proud of myself for still moving out no matter obstacles I faced today
Well done stay strong 💪.
The first two minutes and I want to be strong enough to leave my relationship. You are right it feels like living two lives, I even want to run away to my country. people have told me to just leave but isnt easy, I feel atached with super glue, but I want decide to leave soon, he told me that If i leave Ill hurt him, that Im a bad person... Thanks for this video, I ll be brave, ill be strong...I want be confident and not going back ....
i'm very codependent and have waited far too long to leave my current partner. it's so destructive, so hurtful, and so beyond draining. today is the first day that I have felt some sort of strength to entertain actually leaving him. thank you for sharing this video so much.
meany mouse i am on the same page. been with him for almost 6 years now, have been feeling unhappy for a few years now. however this is the day i’ve actUlly felt an urge to leave. today was the day i told one person the reality that i’ve never told anyone. i hope you find the strength to leave, cause i hope i find it too. you’re never alone. even though i know that how it feels rn.
I spent 5 years with my best friend and boyfriend and then when we had kids he became emotionally abusive I tried to put up with it but I couldn't we broke up for 2 years try to get back together realize he was the same person I have tried to fix what I thought was wrong with relationship and then I realize that I needed to stop going back to somebody's mental abuse it's giving me anxiety and turned me into a different person. Thank you for making this video I needed to know that somebody else went through this so I could know there is a way out.
They show true colors when kids are born. They know they got U, and itll be hard 2 leave. Mine did the same.
Damn that was like a whole season of therapy packed into 15 minutes. Thanks!!!
it’s so hard to leave when you love that person more than you love your self
You have to love you first 💗
Thank you! I had an epiphany with the part about attempting to have a “logical” conversation with a person who is so obviously NOT ready to have one. It’s hard to NOT feel like the @$$hole when “you” finally work up the courage to say enough is enough and I can’t go on with this. It’s feels like ripping out someone’s heart and still feel like it is my fault… the difference is: i blame my self for letting it run so long :(
I know the feeling
I'm in the same situation and I'm enough ,the is no commutation and he call me names ,I'm not working and have 2 children 15 and 4 it's very hard,in this relationship fro 16 years I'm 38.
Mentally preparing myself and making myself tough! im ashamed how much i have put up with but financially dependent right now which plays right in to their hands! Thanks🙏
Add self-compassion, no shame. You didn't know better and now you do which is the key to yr new life. Sending love and prayers!
Thank u, u are beautiful inside and out❤️🙏
"you deserve better" - how true!!
I tried to leave my emotionally abusive relationship yesterday. I was met with a whole range of manipulation ranging from tears to 'im going to kill myself'. I finished the day being swayed and still hanging on. I've awoke to this video in my feed. I now know what I need to do. I need to get out. And it terrifies me. I clicked on further links and learnt about codependency. Ouch. That is me. Discovered for the first time 4 days after my 42nd birthday. Left me, as a grown man in tears. I need to get out today. I'm so scared, despite knowing what needs to be done 😔 Thank u for the advice
N8dowling look up the crappy childhood fairy's Ytube channel. She is amazing and talks about codependency and all childhood traumas that cause you to stay. But either way just go. Get out now better late than never and cut off completely unless you have kids. Good luck 🤞
Great video, with a humble delivery, which makes it easier to accept that a "cancerous relationship" can sneak up on anyone.
Thank you so much. I just left last night. I havent slept in over 24 hours and I needed this video. It was very soothing too, I've been so anxious all day.
any updates?
@@ranyaperez8941 yeah, I'm doing a lot better now... I've been in therapy since December (took me a while to get to that point) and I got a new job but because of the pandemic I'm not able to work but that's okay, I atleast feel like I'm back in control of my life again. Still can have bad days like with anxiety/depression/ptsd when triggered but overall doing well and therapy has helped a lot with that. Healing is possible.
Sarah C thank you so much! I needed to hear that. I hope you continue healing ❤️
@@ranyaperez8941 same to you 💜💜
I am so thankful I’ve found this channel. I’ve been wandering in the dark about what to do next and you’ve given me the tools to find myself and I am SO thankful of that ♥️ I’ve always thought of myself as the strong, always stood up for myself, never took crap from anyone person. But when I opened up to this person and he destroyed me to the point of hating myself and wondering why it’s MY fault, I really had to look back at why am I feeling this way? He’s taken my strength and turned it against me. You’ve given me courage to begin the journey of self love and begin the process of leaving. It’s scary but I know the outcome will be a better life for me and my child who does not need to witness his mother being taken advantage of. ♥️
You literally described my situation!
How do you co-parent with someone like this? Is he still a good parent to your child?
You go girl!
This is one the best Narcissistic/trauma bond related videos I've seen on UA-cam yet. Thanks again for sharing!
If you are scrolling for a good video on this subject, you found it!! This one says it all!
... did I say Thank You?...
... I'm so glad you are here ✨
Thanks... An emotionally liberating topic of discussion. The benefits (of leaving) far outweigh the cost of staying. Every time! Wishing everyone outer peace in their journey to inner peace. ♥️
It's only been about a year and a half and I'm ready for it to be over. I'm really hoping this relationship will come to an end so I can be happy again and work on myself and move on. I feel so tied down and like I can't leave and I'm so young! I'm only 19, I want out. I want to start fresh.
OMG I cannot thank you enough for validating my feelings of leaving my long 5 year emotional and power and controlling abusive relationship 💗
I just left an emotionally abusive relationship, of course I feel upset now but I realised that I was way more upset and depressed within the relationship. I’m confident I can do this, I will clean the slate and I know I am a strong woman who can do this. Thank you so much, love this video ❤️
You come across so professionally. I just want to live without emotional toxicity so often.
I definitely have considered the "ride it out" path especially since I am almost 50 and uncertain about my retirement, but deep down I know that is not the answer. This video really speaks to me and I know I'll need to build up the courage to get out. Part of the reason I write it out for the world to see is so that it becomes real and I am forced to address it and for some reason it feels like the right path. I worry about his family hating me. They get to see the "nice" version of him, so they have no idea how rude and mean he really is. I also know he won't leave my house easily. The irony is that everything i own, I got on my own without the help of a man. No man that I have ever dated has truly carried the weight so I'm not sure how the heck my self esteem was low to allow this freeloading loser in my life. I know this happens to a lot of successful women out there, but now it's on me. :(
I want to thank you for your video. It is so true that when you decide to let go of emotionally abusive relationships, the possibilities for meeting people who resonate with you in a more positive way happens. This is my experience and I am so grateful for it. I hope this message gives other people courage to do the same.
Oh my god. I wish I watched this before I tried to rekindle things with my abusive ex. I first saw your other video about why it’s hard to leave an abuse relationship and it hit every nail on the head, I started bawling. These videos help me heal and I’m so glad I found your channel.
These videos have been my life line ! They have given me the strength to get out , even if I have to go to a hotel .
You have changed my life! You have no idea girl. I’ve spent $1000’s in counselling, I’ve YOU TUBED every possible videos, I’ve watched so much Ted talks and you hit home.
Why I don’t know but you did.
I’m turning 50 this year and was dating a 39 year old abusive, narcissist. 3 years. He broke my arm, spit, bite, punched, slapped, pulled my hair, insulted me daily (horrendous insults) put a hunting knife to my throat and yet I kept going back. It’s so messed up. I was NEVER abused, my parents were always there and yet I can’t figure out why I can’t let this person go. I’m open to any comments , suggestions and help.
I’m turning to God, I don’t know what to do.
But thank you for this video. ♥️
so extremely motivating. Your words took this real scary, sad footwork ahead of me and turned it into excitement, with me telling the fear to go get lost. thank you.
Thank you. I’ve been in a very dark place this past few days, and this video has REALLY helped lift me again. You’ve reminded me that there is a light at the end ❤️
Describing me and my 30 year relationship. Thanks for validating and focusing my perspectives. Thanks for sharing and helping to self-soothe.🐦🌈💜😍
I needed this thank you so much. Leaving and moving on is not easy but when someone is pushing you that far regardless of what you for them. Self respect and Yourself is and has to be prior
WOW... This is an AMAZING message and I thank God that you shared your thoughts. I'm in the mist of going through this and this has confirmed that I am ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I finally found the courage to say ENOUGH! IM DONE! (and actually standing firm on my decision). A lot of my thoughts were described in this video. I am really excited about this next part of my life. I just have to get through this hump. I've been in therapy, writing, watching YOU on UA-cam. Thank you for this channel!
I cried this entire video. Thank you ❤️ everything you said was right so right! I can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos!
This is so awesome and helpful! I am grateful for the simple breakdown and application.
Thanks so much for this straightforward and positive video! I am still in my relationship and was feeling extra weak and self-hating because of that, but I appreciate your reminder that it takes time to build an alternative, financially, etc., to leaving your current life behind. I do have to say though that it is really difficult to hear about surrounding oneself with loving people.... I think many of us watching these videos are here because we don't necessarily have the support of friends or family to encourage us.
Aside from the fact that you're such a great source of help and inspiration, you're an amazing speaker. I love the sound of your voice.
You are a gift to so many of us around the world. 💕 You were born to do this
Thank you for this message Stephanie. I am getting ready to go into a battle. After 34 years of abuse, I have left. I've been out for 2 months and in a couple weeks I will file for divorce. It's not the divorce that scares me. It's the battles that lead up to it and the courtroom. This is where I believe she will make herself the ultimate victim. It doesn't matter anymore. Freedom is not cheap. This message of yours really helped me . Thanks again, You are a blessing!! Ken Lips
Stephanie, you are on target 🎯 once again! I'm 63 and finally have a peace of mind and truly understand it takes power and strength to MOVE ON! And yes we do deserve BETTER!
Thank you Steph!
Thank you for this video. It not only helps those who are overcoming, it helps those, who want to help those who are overcoming. Much appreciated. Blessings.
I needed this!! Thank you. Im so glad I found you!! Im dealing with trying to end a relationship like this at the moment...so thank you so much ❤
You just spoke to my soul. Thank you. I needed this ❤
I am getting closer to this becoming a reality with my relationship. I have been lacking the confidence so have turned to UA-cam. Just like you mentioned, this video has made me feel like I'm not alone. Everything you said in this video relates to me it is crazy. This is giving me the confidence and calmness I need to make a big step in the right direction in my life. Thank you so much.
I can't explain how much this video helped me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You're an angel. 💙💜 your motivation is on point and genuine. I can tell you understand and put your heart into your work. I subscribed🙌🏻
You information is invaluable. I’ve learned so much about myself and why I’ve attracted narcissistic men my entire life. Struggling through the holidays after this last betrayal, but your UA-cam info has really helped.
You have no idea how much I appreciate all your videos they are helping me through a tough time !!! Your so beautiful !! All the videos are changing my life and its so so appreciated !! Thank you SO SO much !!
It is remarkable- it’s like you’re speaking directly to me. The synergy of describing my life directly back to me - is COMPLETELY SURREAL