a trip to hell and back
September 11th 2025 It has taken me years to actually even be able to write about this shit, admit it, accept it, not hide away from it. It's likely the victim impact statement... I had to write that has triggered all of these memories. Tiffany had played the victim so well. I couldn't be one. I believed I was the abuser, defective and worth nothing. I was so fearful she would self harm, her cries that she'd kill herself. I was blind to the manipulation that everyone around me said was so obvious. I was scared for her mental health. I put her selfishness above my own safety and stability, this was not the first time. I was already broken when I met Tiffany, freshly divorced. Verbal, physical and sexual abuse is all I have ever known. My father, my ex-wife and now... Tiffany. With love, always came some form of pain and compromise. I have never been in a healthy, safe, relationship, so how was I to really know what that was suppose to feel like... or even look like? G...