I'm obviously unsure of your formative years but would you say you were raised to be a victim?

I experienced a great deal of bullying and emotional abuse in my own youth. Consequently I found myself continuing to enter into such relationships as I became an adult. It lasted until I was 44 unfortunately when I was finally able to break the cycle.

I only wish I could go back and change that.

Anyway, does this ring a bell at all?