When I look at the comments under videos about CPTSD, coercive control, gaslighting and so on, I see lots of people who are going through the same things that the others are going through and that only they understand. And the way they do their best to support each other is awesome. It’s probably one of the quickest ways to get that warm blanket feeling back.
(It actually got me crying the other day. Suddenly, you are no longer alone going through something like this. It’s amazing.)
The sad thing about the experiences that Alex Skeel went through is that people around you who see you, people of all ages, people who don’t know you, will usually just mock you.
I’ve recently started fighting back hard. Because I had to. In the “about this website page”, at the top and at the bottom, you can read more. I’m done with his tactics of rewarding (i.e. not punishing) me if I don’t fight back when he violates my (physical, electronic) boundaries and walks all over me and me getting punished if I dare defend my boundaries. I’ve lost everything a person can lose – several times now, in fact – and have nothing left to lose.
The fact that I am no longer surrounded by a ‘ndrangheta-style culture makes a big difference too.
But he’s already forced me to flee again. I was gutted when the crap really geared up again in June.
