not sure where to start, somehow there are so many things that are crossing my mind currently….
I have been through the hell the last few months with all the things and just wish that I can forget them and never remember them but then I do realise that is not the way forward…. and the those memories will creep back anyway somehow…
I managed to live in a horrible household for 8 months! I do not understand why and how but that is the interesting part as I was wittnessing domestic violence… You think to yourself the way that can happen to others that cannot happen to yourself… but as a witness you think sometimes the same as a victim.
Victims can choose to be a victim by justification why to remain in a situtation. In this household there were two rooms sublet. There was a couple and their kid and the two other people renting two rooms. I was one of them… after certain months it was clear the couple had no peaceful life and their kid expressed their problems during the night. They had and still have rows, shouts and screaming arguments.
Pieces of information came out certainly slowly but surely out. Such as paranoid mental illness with violent behaviour from the guy side. The girl had the kid and would not leave because she does not want her kid to have half brothers/sisters so rather being beaten up (a year ago regularly) nowadays irregularly.
I remained in this household as it was a cheap room but as there was one incident where he was trying to break the bathroom door on his girlfriend and their kid was playing around and as I “interfered” – asked them to keep it a bit down on Saturday morning at 11am - the guy decided that I am the enemy so his paranoia got out of control. (as from my part, there was one time when I humiliated the guy as he left his shit in a toilet to They changed the lock as they had a burglary and my key did not work and that was another way to bully me. At first I thought, I can live there however they gave me a notice after which I managed to find a place before they deadline and that was another reason for them (here they were united) to exploit my situation so they withheld my deposit. The sad part that this guy is beating up his girlfriend whilst a trustee of a charity called relate. I suppose some discrepancy not a problem and somehow some people can really separate their “professional” and “private life”.
lessons learnt out of this:
- never live in London (UK) with your so-called “landlord”! They are not required to protect your deposit, so can take whatever amount out of your deposit!
- never think that where there is a domestic violence and if it continues after a day or so will stop.
- better avoid to live with people who have paranoid disorder as experiencing to be a “enemy” with no reason is scary. (as for political correctness I have no problem with mental illness)
- as for myself will not allow myself to be in a relationship where someone can hit me or abuse me verbally! and if I would have a kid then would run fast out of such a situtation even if it is tougher to survive money wise.
- there is always a way out.
Hopefully what comes around goes too.
Now I live in another house and hoping it will be good until my life resolves itself.