I think that people can be monsters in relationships….
Comparable to the fictional beast your parents warned you about, to make you listen. “Stay in your seat, be good or the monster will get you”. An attempt to make you behave, by instilling a fear. There was a point in your life between the time you believed in the monster, and when you finally realized it didn’t exist. During this time, you questioned your sanity. “Is this monster real, am I crazy, or is my mother lying?” A point of confusion that makes you doubt yourself.
I’m comparing emotional abusers to monsters. People who make you question your sanity. People who try to instill false information to make you behave the way they want you to. In your gut, you have a feeling that they are lying but at the same time you are scared. At this point, you have to believe that they are the real monster.
When someone is trying to manipulate you, they are struggling with a personal problem inside themselves that has nothing to do with you. You are fine, you are normal. You’re just in the wrong place.
Get back in your seat.
Don’t deny your instincts, because you are not crazy.
-F. Tate