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The person also attacked my mother and father, friends, neighbors and anyone around at the time of the persons frequent PMDD episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After finally leaving the relationship in fear of my life and the fact that my mother&#8217;s health was being severely affected by the persons behavior as well, the person decided to then pretend to be the victim. The person then further victimized me by lying about the entire situation to various people including police and lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years on, I am still severely affected by the trauma of this persons condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The worst part of this terrible period of my life is that this person has posted on this platform, which I&#8217;ve found by trying to find some specialist to help me move on from the trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am reaching out to this community to help others be aware that, on this platform, there is at least one person who is a predator, pretending to be a victim but is actually a perpetrator. Just please be aware of a person who uses a form of poetry to lie about their condition and to further victimize her victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was physically abused on over 50 occasions over 3 years by a person with the condition of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). After each violent event, the person would &#8216;forget&#8217; about the terrible abuse inflicted upon me. 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