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no literally. i've had family members (that are thankfully out of the abusive relationship they were in) in situations like that. you get gaslit and convinced that the treatment you're receiving is what you deserve. i'm getting so annoyed that these people in the comments are making fun of her trauma and calling her stupid. i feel like half the people in the comments would side with the abuser in a real life situation. maybe she was not being the smartest, but you don't blame and get mad at the victim.
Some people are really bashing the FL from the first chapter and y’all have obviously (and thankfully) never been in a brainwashing/toxic relationship. Listen, sometimes a person can fall so completely in love with someone that they are literally blind to everything else around them. It’s a form of brainwashing and is SUPER toxic but it happens. It makes someone excuse UNEXCUSABLE behavior and frankly makes them seem like an idiot. They ruin all other connections to family and friends in their life too. Which as we can see the FL did as well. Yes, it was hard to watch and yes, she did seem like an idiot but you have to come at it from an angle of understanding. It’s a form of abuse. I can’t say it wasn’t entirely her fault because what we saw was vague at best but it isn’t entirely on her. And as we can see. FL from chapter one and the Fl from now on are two entirely different people. I think the story will continue to get better and frankly that’s something I’d like to see.