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I’m 17 and I was with my ex-boyfriend for six months. Before that I’d known him for a year and he was my best friend.

… he read all my text messages

Three months into the relationship everything changed. He became possessive and controlling. I wasn’t allowed to see my friends and he didn’t like me seeing family. If my phone rang he would answer it, and he read all my messages to check I was talking to no one else.

… at college I had to see him at every break

When I started college, he wen...

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