I was with my ex for about two years. Lived with him for 1. He was super abusive. Three weeks into living with him and his parents he was already hitting me , threatening me , etc. I dealt with everything for a year. How ? I don’t know. I was just so afraid to leave and ask for help. I didn’t want anyone knowing what I was going through. A couple months ago during June I got the courage to sit with him and let him know how I was feeling ( he was in a good mood and his parents were home so I thought if anything happened they’d help ) I told him I didn’t want to be with him. At first he was going along with it , us breaking up or “ taking a break” then out of no where he started to get abusive. I ran to the door to open it because his dad heard us arguing and wanted to know what was going on , he held be back so I wouldn’t open it and I was able too. Me thinking his dad was going to help me .. he didn’t. He blamed me and said I have someone else ( I didn’t ). I called my mom crying to pick me up and she came. I was able to get my phone back and when I did he texted me apologizing. Me being a dumbass I took him back. In the end it didn’t work out again because he wanted me to go back to living w him and I didn’t want too. I broke up with him. Sooooooo, as of now I have ptsd, I go to therapy to help me go through what I went through , I take meds for depression it sucks BUT I’m so happy to be with who I am now. I’ve been with my current boyfriend on and off for 07 years. We finally decided to make things official “ all or nothing” we said and we went for “ALL”. I’m in love with how caring and understanding he is. He knows I’m not used to comfort but he’s always there , calling to make sure I’m okay , checking up on me , asking how my day was , surprising me with gifts , etc. Im so in live with him. He’s literally my other half. If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have gotten out of that relationship ( he called me and told me he loved me etc , not just that every time my ex would hurt me I’d think of him telling me what he would always tell me ‘if it’s not okay now it’s gonna be okay later , you’re gonna be okay I pinky promise you.’ ) I’m so in love w this man. He’s been my Bestfriend for 07 years , my love for 07 years and now my s/o. I cannot wait for what the future holds. Everyone now tells me how I look so much happier with him (I used to always look sad or like something sad wrong when I was w my ex ) and how they love seeing me smiling (since I never used to with my ex I was always upset )