Maria Veitola is open about her violent relationship: Left deep traces –

Maria Veitola says that she spent a long time in a violent relationship in her youth. Leaving the relationship was not easy. PASI LIESIMAA

Journalist and TV personality Maria Veitola, 51, reveals in her Instagram update that she was in an abusive relationship when she was young.

However, it took him years to understand that it was violence.

– I remember many times wishing that he would hit rather than torture with words and actions. A black eye would be concrete proof of what hell my life with him was, Veitola writes in her publication.

Veitola stresses that there is more to violence than just punches or kicks. Today, he says he understands what mental violence is.

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– Even though it’s been a long time since the relationship, it left its mark on me. As a result, I have developed even a little jealousy or possessiveness. I have also found it difficult to commit to deep, trusting connection in love relationships. I’m always a little on my guard, Veitola says.

Veitola says that it was her first long relationship. He states that at that time he knew absolutely nothing about a good relationship. Veitola stayed in a violent relationship for a long time.

– Maybe I also sought out the wrong people for me and sought out difficult experiences because I wanted to break away from everything familiar and safe. At that time, even in art and popular culture, brutal, destructive love was idealized.

Friends supported Veitola in breaking away from a violent relationship. However, it was not easy.

Veitola’s publication has received a lot of praise and personal experiences of similar cases.

– A very important and good topic. I didn’t even understand years ago that even a mute school, which was easy to hold even for a few weeks, could be real mental violence towards others, says one.

– A familiar thing to me too, unfortunately. There have been many types of treatment in relationships, one says.

– Such an important topic! Thank you for bringing it up, comments Naisten Linja, which offers support services for women who have experienced intimate partner violence.

– I told you about my own violent relationship in my youth and since then I have received dozens of personal experiences of mental and other violence from you, thanks Veitola for the trust.