Journal+2

1.) How did this effect you? ﻿﻿﻿during: lower self-esteem, emotional wreck, people would hate her because he would lie about her. tried to emotional detach herself from feeing pain so it would be numb for the next time he hurt her. after: she had a really hard time with trusting people. single for long time. thought about him a lot. missed the few good times. still hard time trusting people. grateful for good relationships. 2.) What was one of the main reasons you guys broke up and got back together a lot? They would ﻿get into a big fight. Later, Dave would say I love you I need you I'm sorry. would say I dont wanna date you,I like someone else. sometimes she would break up with him because he would cheat. He would cry and cry and cry on the phone with her until she took him back. 3.) Are you more aware of how the people you date act? yes. before dating dave she didnt really know much about dating. after dating him she can tell if she is happy. She is more aware of the dynamics about relationship. doesn't let guys call her names and boss her around. 4.) What was one verbal way of abuse from Dave? he would call her names over and over. he would stand up at lunch and scream at her. rumors started. make her seem like the "bad guy". argued all the time. 5.) What is one way of physical abuse from Dave? he would slam her into walls, trip her, pin her up against wall, tried to choke her two times, slapped her, threats. 6.) What was one form of emotional abuse from Dave? rumors, cheating and talking about it like its not a big deal. lying, never wanted to hang out because he didnt like her mom. didn't want to get to know jenn. 7.) Do you think you ever abused Dave in any way, if so, how? not sure if she did. ignored him when she was mad at him. 8.) If you could change what happened would you? yeah she would have never gone out with him because now she has bad reputation, lost some friends, and it was too much drama. 9.) How long did this go on for? Not the relationship, but the abuse. 8 out of the 9 months. 10.) How has this made you change from viewing the world in a child's eyes to an adults eyes? realized she deserved better. //some people can't change (i think this is extremely deep)//. realized self-worth.
 * any questions towards a person is towards Jenn*