He had a habit of always asking for my phone to check the latest messages he had received. At the beginning of these arguments, I thought I understood him because I was convinced he loved me very much. Then he asked for the passwords to all my social media accounts. I was completely under his control. He started to be physically violent with me because of this excessive jealousy he had. And from there I started to question myself. Questions that I asked him too but that only annoyed him even more. The daily reproaches, the insults followed, I felt humiliated by him but at the same time I didn’t have the strength to tell him that he was wrong, that I am not, have not been and will not be as he says! Then he started hitting me…
Today, 30 women get a protective order for just a little jealousy. Jealousy is often a pretext for control and teams up well with other manifestations of abuse, until the victim becomes captive. We are there to offer them the psychological and legal support they need. That space where we find solutions, leaving aside the guilt and shame.