This is all so true. The gaslighting destroyed me. The justification and projection she would dish out was brutal. All due to my reaction to her lies and cheating. I definitely stuck around because on a subconscious level, that’s “love” the way I knew it. All generated from childhood trauma.

I’m no saint, but for her to justify her actions due to my “reactive” abuse is “abuse. I still question myself at fines and yearn to hear from her. Even reaching out at times due to a trauma bond that is slowly breaking.

Thanks for the article!