• We are a multilingual website again. Read the notice about this.
  • Understand AI use at MyPTSD: all AI use is explained in our AI help page. AI use is by choice here. It exists if you want it, but does nothing unless you choose to use it.

Dom Violence Accused of gas lighting

Status
Not open for further replies.

WanderingSoul

Bronze Member
Something been weighing on my mind. It is hard for me to go into as I had been through so much already. But it bothers me so much that I went through it. This person accused me of gas lighting once. I had no idea what he was talking about.

My mother had been dating a guy. When I first met him he wasn't very friendly. I had recently had a spinal cord injury and a beggining eruption flare of psoriasis. But this guys attitude towards me was that I was a mommas boy who needed to stop living with his mother and go back out and work like everybody else. What do you do for a living I asked him. I build octagons he tells me. I told him about all the bulding I help put up for the city. And his response was no you didn't. My mom would tell me hes just a competitive mans man and he needs to not give me any trouble. She liked him though. And I was considering moving in with a girl I was seeing at the time. She could use my help. And I had helped my mom get by for a long time financialy. So I moved into a place with my girlfriend and my mom got convinced by this guy, lets call him fred. So Fred convinced my mom to move out of state.

So a year or so went by. I was hobbling with a cane. My psoriasis was at its worse. It got so bad I could not burden my girlfriend with my issues any more. So we had to split up. I ended up talking to my mom who invited me to her home until I recovered. And thats when Fred starting getting rather, out of hand.

This guy eventually started accusing me of faking what I had gone through. No matter what I had told him I had done for jobs his reposnses were 'no you havent, no you didn't'. He did not believe I was going to treatments, that I had any spinal injury. I broke my neck at work 3 times today and I still went he said once. Creampuff he called me. He would call people creampuff or speggheti sometimes. And one day he said I was a gaslighter. And he said I could not pull any wool over his eyes. That I had the mind of a four year old. And he could see through me like glass. And I was a liar and a thief etc... I was going through my worst. And this guy threatened that if I did not move out again even in my condition, that he would leave, and it would be my fault my mom would be heart broken and alone. He flicked my on the forehead with his finger while I was sick. You aint foolin me he said. I wanted to knock his lights out. Although he was maybe 300 lbs. I had lost so much weight being sick.

I had a lawyer who was helping sort through this mess. He didn't believe I had a lawyer either. So I told the lawyer the situation, and he actually agreed to come by to talk with me in person seeing as I could not get around to well. Fred still didn't believe me. He was trying to tell me the game is all over. When no lawyer shows up you'll be lucky I don't break you in half. I still couldn't believe this guy. So the lawyer showed up. And Freds response was 'which one of his friends are you?'. My lawyer wasn't to happy. I explained to my lawyer I had to rush things because I couldn't live there anymore. I had no where to go. I didn't have one moments rest trying to recover. I did what I could to stay away and not jeopardize my mothers relationship. But this guy turned out to be a psychopath. I told him I had to stand up to thugs like him before. I'm not afraid of bullies even twice my size. I've seen some tough people break and be humbled. Thinking about it still bothers me. I've gone through enough already. I didn't need some deadbeat twice my size who only made his money at cards while he lied about working. After I left for my mom to try and fix things between them and how she tried to convince him to accept me, he still left. He left her with all the bills. So I took what I had left. And helped my mom again like I had before. I still talk to my X-girlfriend. But I can't expect her to want to be with a guy who may need screws in his neck. It is what it is. This was a big guy who use to say he was an honorary this and that. I knew people that had been where he had claimed to go though. And I think that made him nervous. When I look back at it. That must of been what happened. I had friends where he claimed to have been.
 
But I can't expect her to want to be with a guy who may need screws in his neck.
Why not? I am. My husbands back was broken in an accident and he lost the use of his right arm. If she loves you and that is the only reason you aren't together, that is pretty unfair to her.

Sorry you had to deal with such an asshole. His words meant nothing, he was an abuser. he was the one whose behavior was more like gas lighting. Sounds like he had some massive insecurity issues and was terrified of your mom choosing you over him so he tried to drive you out. Probably a narcissist. I hope you mom is free of the POS.
 
OMD! What an A-hole! Sounds like he needs a gasslight shoved up his... I can lube it with a creampuff and some spagetti just so he can understand it better as he has a taste of home of course!

Don't listen to anything that guy says and he is clearly an abusing manipulator who just spit a bunch of sh!t until something stuck to your brain and bothered you. If anything, he is gaslighting you!!!

Completely doesnt sound like what was going on AT ALL... even if he did get his movie references straight... he is still an ass. sounds like he needs better cliff notes on his movies he likes to site. Cliff notes on a movie?!? Who does that? What an idiot. You can tell him I said "California girls of the internet think you're a creampuff."

I have this great friend... he said to me once, over a decade ago... "when someone says "YOU" they sometimes mean "I"... and I never forgot this.

So, for example... lets say I'm dating a guy and he says "youre a cheater" to me and I am COMPLETELY confused... like "what is he even talking about?!? Im not even talking to other guys or dating anyone?!" hes all paranoid, questioning me, looking through my stuff... blaming me... BINGO! My friends voice pops into my head. He means "I" am a cheater. Bam! I think of my friend as I dump him.

99% of the time this is true on the "when they say 'you' they sometimes mean "I".

I bet:
HE was a spagetti
HE was a creampuff
HE was a gaslighter
He was a liar, thief and definitely an "honorary" punk who likes his italian food up his rear

F$&! THAT GUY!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
His words meant nothing, he was an abuser. he was the one whose behavior was more like gas lighting. Sounds like he had some massive insecurity issues and was terrified of your mom choosing you over him so he tried to drive you out. Probably a narcissist. I hope you mom is free of the POS

That reminds me of a male I know. He always says he's real close to his mom, daughter ( always women) people as if in a competition ( raising his shoulders and emphasizing in very catty/ matter of fact/high and mighty/ you don't have and I do. I mean, he says it and in a way, that he is indeed gas lighting. The way he says it can put a person on the defensive, pretty quick..and fast. VERY DEFENSIVE/before that person even know what they're doing. He does that and I've never known why. Now, I don't care because I don't have to deal with him everyday.. but he is so competitive. Your post really helped me out on that. (Thank-you). He has dealt with insecurity.. and someone picking him over another. Toxic people need others to fuel their narcissism and damage everyone around them
 
Thank you everyone. You've helped me feel a little better. He is gone and we are just hoping for the best. My recovery etc. As or my x-girlfriend, she has Familial adenomatous polyposis FAP. I spent much time in and out of the ER with her. She needs IV fluids almost every other day and has been struggling. Part of her wanted me to leave so she could be alone. And she pushed me away. I seriously can't take care of her anymore, and she can hardly take care of herself. She has her mothers help again too. And we are friends. I try to be optimistic, and she struggles with hopelessness. That's a story for another topic another day though.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Donation drives

2026 Donation Goal

Goal
$1,800.00
Earned
$910.00
This donation drive ends in
0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds
  50.6%

Trending content

Featured content

Back
Top Bottom