@Nicole thank you for your response. I don't think I've done anything to cause him trauma, but my brain won't stop thinking about it. I'm hoping one of the therapists I reached out to for scheduling will respond within the next couple of days so I can get help and be the best mom for my baby. She needs at least one good parent. Here's a crazy story if you want to hear it, my ex asked me to be his Valentine this year and asked if I wanted to go out with him that day. Didn't have anything to do with him wanting to do something for the baby. I left him in July last year. He seems kind of obsessed. I ended up having to screenshot the messages he sent me about Valentine's Day and sent them to my attorney who then talked to his attorney about it. My ex then got upset with me for not telling him he crossed a boundary. I've told him several times I will not be going out with him. I don't need to constantly remind him of my boundaries.
I’m so sorry. You’re not a bad person. Nothing can compare to him treating the mother of his child so badly that it affects both of you. That man has severe mental issues and doesn’t want to admit that he probably resents you having his child and bringing stability to his life. Mentally ill people love chaos so they seek it in every situation. For you and your daughter’s mental health and safety please try to go no contact and take full custody. I think your daughter does sense his negative energy. You’re dealing with a narcissist and you can’t let him destroy you. Maybe one day he’ll change but it’s not your job to fix him. Hopefully he’ll get it together for his daughter so she won’t have to go through the same hurt you’re going through. If you ever wanna message me I’m here 💗. Keep your head up and know that you’re loved
@Tamara unfortunately we already had a custody case with our attorneys. I do have full physical custody, but he still gets visits once a week and will stay getting one overnight every other weekend when our daughter turns 1 in September. I'm honestly just hoping he'll give up and leave so we don't have to deal with it anymore he does have a history of drug abuse even though it's been years. Both of his parents were also alcoholics and his mom died because of that when he was 16. He had severe anger issues, and I agree with you about him being a narcissist. He's never done therapy. We tried couple's therapy before I left him, but it made the abuse worse because he didn't like that the therapist wasn't fully on his side. He claimed to be polyamorous, but we were in a monogamous relationship and he was still reaching out to other women (mainly his exes) to try to hook up with them even after If confronted him a few times about it.
He didn't like that the couple's therapist that we only saw one time wasn't solely working with polyamour couples even though the therapist told us he had worked with some polyamorous couples in the past. So he refused to go to a second therapy session. Which was obviously my fault because I didn't find a therapist that had the same values as him. I should've left him way sooner, but I thought I loved him. I wanted my daughter to have her parents together in a happy relationship. When I left him, he told me I was being selfish and not thinking of our daughter. But no, she's the reason I left. I wasn't going to have her around all of that toxicity 24/7.
You did the right thing leaving. There’s no way to satisfy a man like that. He doesn’t know what he wants. He keeps wanting someone to blame for his problems and why they aren’t getting better. The reality is, sleeping with a hundred women won’t make him happy and neither with having a family until he’s ready to get his mind right. He needs healing and self awareness. I’d say continue the visits but keep them supervised. If he does anything harmful to your daughter or even shows up intoxicated to come see her you can file for emergency sole custody!!
@Tamara unfortunately in our court paperwork, he's able to start taking her out of my supervision once she's 7 months for 4 hour visits. He does have to stay within the county I live in at least. And at 9 months, his visits increase to 10 hours once a week also unsupervised. It's pretty scary to think about. His visits right now are 3 hours and one of my family members or I usually end up having to hold the baby at least once each visit so he can take a phone call or use the restroom. I also usually end up holding her about twice or more each visit just to calm her down from crying so much.
From what you've said and his reactions to just the few situations you've included you haven't done anything and leaving him sounds like the best thing for you and bubs. stop trying to find what you've done wrong and wasting your energy. It's a manipulation tactic, my ex used to pull the same ones. When he's around you need to be strong and advocate for your baby, not worry about what hes going to think if you do. If she's tired and needs something and he's not listening, you are the primary caregiver, take her from him and help her. You know your baby better than him or his family because she's got baby and are with her ask the time they only visit. He sounds pretty awful and manipulative and maybe she can sense something from him, baby's are very sensitive to the people and emotions around them.