Note: We were not married. "Husband" was a title he gave himself to maintain the control. In his mind he believes the title "husband" gives him "authority" to dominate.

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12 Ways A Narcissist Controls (And Abuses) You Via Text Messages.

Text from October 7th, 2020 after I had escaped for the final time. The violence had escalated and I was too afraid to go home.

Abusers use a wide range of tactics against domestic violence survivors in the legal system. Domestic violence survivors and advocates report that common

tactics used by abusers include: Litigation abuse:

* Repeatedly contacting survivor’s attorney in order to harass the attorney or to increase the survivor’s legal fees.

* Filing frivolous motions, appeals, motions for revisions, and motions for reconsideration of court orders.

* Attempting to re-litigate issues that have already been decided by the court.

* Abusing the discovery process by seeking embarrassing or irrelevant information about the survivor and by demanding excessive discovery.

* Bringing contempt motions against a survivor without cause.

* Portraying themselves as the victim by seeking their own protection orders against the survivor and/or the survivor’s friends and family.