Angie

I have to really work on focusing on the positives more than the negatives.

And at that point, I didn't have the tools that I have today, right?

So looking back, yeah, it affected... I didn't have any confidence.

I didn't feel like I was worth...

did at least squat you know yeah like did you internalize like were there statements that he would say to you that stuck with you for a long time um yeah that i wasn't gonna amount to anything and that um that i wasn't gonna amount to anything and i was just gonna end up a gutter rat and dead in a gutter or something like that something along those lines

Absolutely.

Sarah touched on it.

Financial abuse.

Right.

Even though I had my finances at some point or another, they try to take control.

Right.

So all of my finances were going into one account that I barely had access to.

Right.

Also, you know.

maybe the vehicles, you know, I didn't get, I didn't have my own vehicle or also the self-worth, you know, I felt like,

I couldn't do any better.

I couldn't do it by myself.

I needed him for some reason.

I felt like I couldn't possibly succeed on my own because he said it so much.

And I ended up believing it, like I said.