My family didn’t believe I was a domestic abuse victim because I’m a man

msn.com:

My ex-partner was nearly perfect on paper. Unlike me, she looked after herself physically and kept an immaculate home.  Educated, funny, smart, she was truly a beautiful woman, at least on the outside.

But the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial reminded me of the truth about her that I hadn’t known before we wed in the early 2000s – her burning inner rage.

The trial, and the coverage around it, brought back many harrowing memories of being in an abusive marriage. My ex-partner called me a ‘c***’ on a regular basis, threw things at me and even occasionally hit me.

I never did any of those things to her and I don’t want to go into fine detail because it is so painful to recall. But the psychological abuse was the worst aspect – she constantly broke me down so she could control me.