I spent 6 1/2 years changing my appearance, mannerisms, and personality to appease my ex-boyfriend. I was never skinny enough. I was never feminine enough. I wasn't allowed to make male friends. He coerced me into having sex when I didn't want to on countless occasions. He was emotionally manipulative and controlling. But I let it all happen. I let it continue to happen.

In the end I still wasn't exactly what he wanted and I had lost my sense of self-identity along the way.