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I Hit My Husband, A Lot.

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Most fights my husband and I get into, I end up attacking him viciously, by throwing things at him, kicking him in the face, slapping him, I have also bit him. I get into a mind set where my brain becomes fuzzy and reality turns very hazy and angry and the biggest thing I feel is fear, then feeling worthless.

I often experience suicidal thoughts. When we get into fights, he attacks how I look, he calls me ugly mostly after I hit him but it always starts out with "I don't want you any more, we're done" so then it starts spiraling in my head that I shouldn't be alive any more. I have cut myself numerous times. When his father was living here, he started to turn against me saying "You hit my son for no reason" and threatening to kill me twice which sent me in this weird crazy intense scary funk for a while, thinking everyone wanted to kill me especially him, started thinking my husband wanted to kill me for a while, too, started thinking he was seeing someone else (Which he wasn't ever, he's not a cheater)

He has been physical with me once. He threw a bag of food and it hit me in the eye, he rushed over to apologize saying he was aiming some where else, but the bag went straight at my face and it looked like he was trying to throw it at me. I do most of the physical violence, though, he has never hit me or pushed me, he usually comes up to me and tries to restrain me.

I've have panic attacks and he calls them "outbursts" which makes me angry because that's what children do- I'm not a child, I have PTSD. He doesn't believe me that I have it because I don't have papers stating I do. A counselor told me two years ago after my ex boyfriend abused me "You have components"

That was only in one session, she said she needed a lot more sitting down and learning more about how I feel to diagnose me.

A year and a half ago, I was with a guy who near the end of the relationship, started becoming controlling and different. He was on anti depressants and ADHD medication and it made him extremely irritable and on edge. He would snap his fingers at me when I wouldn't come to him, he would be short with me and yell. Eventually one day we got into a fight and he came in and started in on me, and he grabbed a knife and tried killing himself, so I hit him in the face. I was in a panic and didn't know what to do, and when I did, my plan worked. I wanted him to stop and he did but at a price. He came after me and strangled me and I stopped breathing until he took his hands off my neck. After that, I became a different person. Angrier, more irritable. I controlled it a lot better until I started starving myself, drinking a ton of caffeine every day which further pushed my starvation. Whatever I ate, went through me within 5 minutes literally. I had a massive panic attack one day after, everything went white around me, my vision was cloudy and I couldn't speak properly. It was like I was having a stroke.

After that, my life started going down hill.

I started hitting my husband and I went to jail and was put on probation. Usually we get into an argument, we're both angry and stressed out and then I get an attitude and he eventually starts calling me names like the C word and B****. He gets in my face screaming and I attack him, and he continues to and doesn't allow me to leave the room, and if I sit down to escape it, he comes in and tells me how much of a this and that I am. I Have broken his front tooth and now his tail bone is hurting, he says I kicked him and I don't even remember doing it. Half the time I can't remember doing the things I've done.

The next hour, I start crying, praying for god to help me, to stop the thoughts and to calm down. My husband has dumped me a lot but he always comes back when things cool down. He will take a week or two to avoid touching me etc. It took about two months until he made love to me. He said he's terrified of me. He told me he doesn't abuse me verbally, that he defends himself. He refuses to go to counseling and I can't afford counseling. I have been raped in the past and have been with two other men who also physically abused me. As well as being cheated on numerous times and verbally abused by everyone I've been with.


I am not here blaming my husband for the triggers when we fight. I'm here because I don't know what to do. I tried to kill myself last night by cutting my wrist pretty deeply and he left. He told me I was trying to manipulate him if he left me and I wasn't. I told him "If you leave, I don't know if I can go on" And I meant it, that's what it feels like but my intentions are NOT to make him stay. It's obvious he would not I even did that, and I know that but I do it for my own reasons, and he threatened to tell his mother and father that I was doing it. He runs to them when we fight like this. Then his father comes after me with threats and calls me names etc.


I think my husband is verbally abusive and needs help with that. I am physically and verbally abusive and I need help, but I don't act this way with anyone I know and have only acted this way (not the violence but verbal abuse) with guys who have yelled at me or called me worthless and names. I have never been violent with anyone before my husband.

Can anyone please direct me in the right path?
 
I think you need to seriously consider leaving your husband, because you are being abusive.

Then, you need to find help. I don't know what country you are in, so I can't direct you of how. But hopefully others will be able to.

But first things first, you need to put your husbands safety first and keep yourself away from him - even if he chooses to come back, it's your responsibility as the person being violent towards him, to make that choice to protect.
 
I can't just leave, I live in Canada as a us citizen, can't just up and go and I love my husband and would like for us to get help for our violence. And violence can be verbal as well.
 
Ya just based on this I would say you'd be better off alone. It sounds like neither of you are ready for a relationship. I'm sorry, not judging, but this doesnt sound like just some problems, it sounds like a very broken relationship, the violence, the fact he doesnt even believe you have ptsd, etc.

You said you don't know if you can go on if he leaves, WHY? Would it really be that bad to be alone for a little while? It sounds like your current situation is pretty stressful, and not conducive to healing the wounds from your past at all, if you stress level is at a certain level you can't move forward from the past at all because you're stuck just dealing with the present. Why would it be that difficult to continue to exist if he were to not be around for a little while?

I have an idea, just a thought, but it might be worth considering, have you thought about taking a break for a while? You say he leaves, then comes back once things 'cool down' but that is a very arbitrary amount of time, and it basically is just once tempers subside. Have you thought about taking a break for a while, past when tempers subside, so that you have time to think about your life and issues without high levels of daily stress, and for that matter so will he?

This is clearly not working, even if it doesnt get worse, its not working, something needs to change and it does not sound like thats going to happen while you two are together. Maybe you can both work past this but I think you at least need some time apart.

Also, you CAN leave him. You may not want to yet but do NOT say you cannot because that is not true. There might be obstacles that will make it more difficult but you can leave him.
 
Do you want to really physically harm him to the point that you've gone too far (I think you've gone too far already, btw)? What if you are holding a knife or some blunt instrument when you start hitting out? Do you want to get arrested? Because all of that could happen and you would regret it for the rest of your life. What kind of guilt would you then suffer? If you love this man, really love him, and by that I mean not co-dependently, but as unconditionally as you can manage, then you will take yourself away from him so that you can't harm him or yourself any further. There are women's charities that would help you, so you don't need any money to do so. And those women's charities would provide you with a therapist for free, so again, money is no object. It doesn't have to be for all time, but you're never going to get better like this. And, as for your partner, well he needs to grow up and face himself, too. If you won't do it for yourself, do it for him. Sorry to be so blunt, but don't expect us to condone your abuse of another person, when we have suffered at the hands of abusers so badly. Don't continue to be an abuser. I can't imagine that this is how you really want to be or see yourself.
 
Echo- I find your response highly offensive because I never use knives or anything like that. And don't talk about how people need to "grow up" That statement is highly invalidating and causes people with PTSD to become worse. You're not blunt, you're just an asshole.
 
I don't think Echo is trying to offend but you admitted that you are physically abusive. PTSD or not, abuse is never okay.

I am a supporter in my relationship to a sufferer. He knows if he hits me, I am gone. I will not stick around. So he leaves when he gets angry, he does not yell at me, he will not hurt me.

Abuse is NOT okay.
 
@nerdyni, I am not an asshole, thanks. I have CPTSD, too. I did not say you use knives. I said "what if you were holding a knive (i.e. a simple kitchen knife, not an offensive weapon) when you hit out?" I will leave you alone. I suspect others might say similar things to you.
 
As a US citizen who lives right across the Detroit river from Canada, you can go back to the US. You can stay in Canada. But you two do need to be apart and get counseling. It will never get better if you don't seek help. The strongest person cannot cure themselves. It simply is not possible. Love alone cannot help with PTSD or any mental illness.

You came here for help..we are trying to help you.
 
My heart goes out to you. I can tell how much you really want to change. A cbt therapist once told me studies show negative consequnces don't lead to long term change, but they can lead to short term change that will give space to build in healthy support and changes.

You know what it is like to be a victim, and I believe you are now reenacting trauma but you are in the perpetrator role now. (So is yor husband, but this is about you.)

I really think it comes down to - do you want to be in jail again? This is escalating and you need to pull out all the stops to getting professional help. If you are on probation, the probation officer may even be able to help you find counseling. You don't have to divorce to get space from what is triggering you and the person you are victimizing. Seperation or temp time apart is possible. It is better than jail and this could escalate and you both get horribly hurt so much more than you are suffering now.

I admire your courage to face this!
 
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