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I'd disagree entirely, people can definitely fuck you up. The control he could have taken over it was to leave the girl.
But more importantly, this is all pretty shitty advice. "Man up?" Yeah, that'll do it. Not like the mind is at all complex, or like it's difficult for people to truly control their emotions.
So, I know I'm late to this thread, but for anyone else in a similar position: Look into therapy, specifically EMDR therapy. It's a specific type meant to help process memories that are feeding negative self-beliefs, and turn them into more positive beliefs.
Do you have control over your emotions or does she? Disagree with it, but the only way she can have an effect on you is if let it happen. When she fucks you up, it's not what she does, but what you think and feel about what she does that has the impact. Notice you.
If that were true emotional abuse wouldn't be a thing. What you're talking about might be a place you can get to, but no one starts off with that level of emotional control and few actually manage to get there.
"In emotionally abusive relationships, one party systematically controls the other by undermining his or her confidence, worthiness, growth, trust, or emotional stability, or by provoking fear or shame to manipulate or exploit." -
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/an ... onal-abuse