We were still on good terms and today I told him I’d been feeling down thinking about life so he told me to vent to him I started to tell him about my childhood and how the abuse I endured still affects me.

I started mentioning how my family members would physically abuse me and today they pretend as if it doesn’t happen. He stopped me and said he didn’t expect it to be so serious and said that I’m making everything so “down and depressing” and that I should’ve told him this when we were in a relationship if I wanted to talk about it because now it is not his problem or responsibility. 

I told him I never felt safe sharing these things considering when I told him I was feeling suicidal he told me that was too much for him and he needed a week break. I told him multiple times throughout our relationship that I was physically abused growing up so he either wasn’t listening or didn’t believe me. 

I’ve always been there for him I’ve been there to listen about his problems big or small even when we weren’t on good terms.

I get that my abuse is extreme and maybe he was not prepared for it but I told him I didn’t want to talk about it and he insisted and kept saying my life was great until I gave him these details I’m blown away by his reaction but maybe I shouldn’t have told him maybe it was a form of trauma dumping.