u/Horror-Antelope4256"He told me constantly that my career was pointless and I didn’t contribute anything. So I spent years re-training for a different career and was promoted after a year. He didn’t want me to take it, made it clear he didn’t think I could do it, but I took it anyway. Now I was earning more money and working ~60 hours a week. Then he started complaining the house looked like crap. I agreed and suggested that we got a cleaner now that I could afford it.
""I told him I was depressed and he said 'I know.' I was trying to start a conversation and he just shut it down. So later I pushed harder and he said, 'You have nothing to be unhappy about.' That's when it was over. It took me a couple months, but I got a job and got out. After I was away from him for a bit, all my issues went away and I felt fine. It was him making me feel that way.""I felt sick to my stomach and anxious all the time.