Watching my favorite show The Real to day and hearing Tamara Braxton give her testimony on being in a abusive relationship years ago and she knew she wasn't raised that way, she went on to say she didn't know herself to know and it torn her down being emotional and physically now that's deep. Meaning that she made it she got out of a bad situation and the bad part about it was she didn't tell her family.
Her story hit very close to home. I have a testimony of abuse many years ago young and dumb I would say we dated for three years and I saw no dominating tendencies, but once we got married he did a 360 turn around he wanted to control me. Accusing me of things that wasn't true, he even went as far to say that he would kill me if I left him now that's scary even for me to believe that he would carry out that threat.
I developed high blood pressure with this man trying to take care of my baby and work and have to go home not knowing what would happen I to was emotionally and physically abused and I didn't tell my family what was going on at one point I loved this man and who replaced him with Mr. Hyde.
One day I said to myself that I had enough, I called my mom and said mom I don't won't to be married anymore I knew if I didn't get out my daughter won't have a mother or I would have hated him in a way to kill him in his sleep or did something that I could come back from.
It's a very dark place to be in, when a I decided to get out its felt like a very dark cloud was lifted. I walked away from turmoil and never looked back. I got out so happy I made to right choice. This mean is your in the situation you to have the courage to to get out. You can't let control what God have you that so precious. You can never let a man belittle your spirit physically nor emotionally take back your strength.
God is with you just like he was with me in my decision. No one never said love was abuse. Love yourself first and the rest will follow.