When blinds in the bedroom look like prison bars
Trapped. Resisting, rebelling, fighting - it doesn’t change anything. But it’s what my heart is telling me to do. I know what he’s doing to me is wrong. I should be long gone. Now is the only moment I regret not having a driver’s license. I wish I had a car, packed my most important things, my dog and left. I fantasize about this often. I feel like I’m writing from prison. It’s just that my letters don’t have a recipient. My mental health is deteriorating. I want this to end. This marriage. I wish I had somewhere to go and I wish I had more courage. I’m already brave standing up to him, but I’m too scared to leave. I truly believe he would end my life while enraged. He took off his guitar off the wall and put his rifle on there - constant reminder of what might happen. He is a psycho. My mom warned me when she found out I was dating an army guy. She said he probably has PTSD and can kill me if I ever wanted to leave. Her dad was a policeman during communism in Poland -...