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He is quite adept at knowing which things he can do and say to manipulate the hell out of you. The thing that stands out to me is Your last comment was the boundary you set with him when you told him to leave. He escalated his manipulations. Once your boundaries are firmly and unshakably in place you can expect him to escalate his manipulative behaviors to get you to back down. Oddly this is when, in ofstead of backing down you should hold firm. Scary because he has used the ultimate manipulative move...telling you he will end it. Please do get support at NAMI meetings or another group. You and your husband deserve to have a life. Dont let him bully you. It is time for you to get help understanding why you are so vulnerable to this bullying and bad behavior. Stand strong.

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I know it's bullying, I know it's manipulative. I even told him it was manipulative when he was at the house. We told him to leave, and he said if we don't work it out this moment he will never come back - we still told him to leave and that we were willing to work it out tomorrow when everyone is calmer. He tried to come back in and yell at me and my husband had to stand in the doorway and block him and kept saying, "just go." He finally left, then called 15 minutes later screaming about suicide. I called the suicide hotline, but what could we do, noone knew where he was, so I couldn't call the police. But then he called back, sobbing and still screaming, but I talked him down till he got back to his apt. He assured me he wouldn't hurt himself that night, and he was calm so I didn't call the police, but maybe I still should have? I am going to my doctor today to ask for a referral to someone who can help me with this, I desperately want and need boundaries, but am out of my mind that it might be my fault and my boundaries that cause him to commit suicide. I promise I will get help, and I will go to NAMI. But thank you in the meantime, these messages keep me sane in a very crazy world.