Psychological slavery?

thralldom, enthrallment. Slavery, bondage, servituderefer to involuntary subjection to another or others.Slavery emphasizes the idea of complete ownershipand control by a master: to be sold into slavery.Bondage indicates a state of subjugation or captivity often involving burdensome and degrading labor: inbondage to a cruel master. Servitude is compulsoryservice, often such as is required by a legal penaltyenal servitude. 4. moil, labor.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slavery

Slavery is the brutal practice of forcing someone to work hard without paying them a fair wage, sometimes without paying them at all.
For hundreds of years in the United States, wealthy white landowners benefited from the institution of slavery, which forced millions of African slaves to work their entire lives on giant farms. The wordslavery comes from the Latin sclava, meaning “Slavonic captive,” referring to the 9th century slavery of Slavonic people, but it came to mean anyone in captivity, not just Slavs. To be held captive and unable to pursue your own life is slavery, and it’s worth fighting against.

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/slavery

Slavery is a legal or economic system in which principles of property law can apply to humans so that people can be treated as property,[1] and can be owned, bought and sold accordingly, and cannot withdraw unilaterally from the arrangement. While a person is a slave, the owner is entitled to the slave's labour, without any remuneration. The rights and protection of the slave may be regulated by laws and customs in a particular time and place, and a person may become a slave from the time of their capture, purchase or birth. Such slavery is commonly referred to as chattel slavery or traditional slavery. It is the least prevalent form of slavery in the world today.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery


Me:
Anger - my first!
Bitter at the lost years
Shame I wasn't stronger
Humiliation
Contempt for my ex - Master!

Her:
wants to regain control
Otherwise discredit, humiliate me

She threw me out for another guy.
I was deeply depressed, suicidal, self injurous
Still working hard

Stockholm syndrome?
Trying to please
I was unable to leave due to commitment
Self-isolated from family and friends
Understood she was depressed

It has been found that four situations or conditions are present that serve as a foundation for the development of Stockholm Syndrome. These four situations can be found in hostage, severe abuse, and abusive relationships:

• The presence of a perceived threat to one’s physical or psychological survival and the belief that the abuser would carry out the threat.
• The presence of a perceived small kindness from the abuser to the victim
• Isolation from perspectives other than those of the abuser
• The perceived inability to escape the situation

Click to expand...