Why I Stayed So Long: The Trap of Silent Abuse
People ask, “Why didn’t you leave sooner?”
But the truth is, when you're living inside silent emotional abuse, you don’t always know it’s abuse.
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.