To be fair and honest he never hit me. The threat was there. The yelling and screaming. The endless lectures. and the emotional and sexual abuse but no he never actually hit me.
I am so sorry with the mental and sexual abuse you encountered. I completely agree no one has to actually hit you to cause some serious emotional problems. I know of a situation where her husband never hit her but demeaned her and then in front of others was a very loving husband, he wanted a trophy wife (she was one) and treated her like crap behind closed doors. It was sad and I felt horrible not knowing this until the end. She has never been the same, she walked out of that marriage a different person and was very insecure. You never knew it from the outside but she was always making sure her body, clothes everything looked perfect. Even then she was not satisfied.
To this day I have a hard time looking at that POS.