Is It Really Abuse If He Doesn’t Yell?
This question haunted me for years.
“Is it really abuse if he’s not hitting me?”
“If he’s not yelling or threatening me, is it still abuse?”
“Am I overreacting?”
What Is Silent Gaslighting? And Why It’s So Hard to Name
I didn’t know what to call it at first.
There were no screaming matches. No ultimatums. Just a long stretch of confusion and loneliness inside my own home.
He never yelled—until the very end.
He didn’t hit me.
He didn’t even argue most of the time.
He just… said nothing.