Recovery of domestic violence

From a fairytale to a nightmare. Like most women we want to find the man of our dreams mine didn’t have a happy ending. It started with him doing everything for me until I had nothing in my name believing he was the one. Until it all started, verbally, controlling of me, scaring me and finally physical abuse. It all escalated so bad that I lost belief in myself and lost many friends now I wouldn’t call them friends, but as he was rich and I still can’t understand that how people who knew what he did to me stayed silent. The escalation came to a point where I understood that I would be dead. He controlled everything in my life, whom I talked to, where I went not that I was really aloud that do even anything. He eventually accomplished destroying me after leaving him I lived with luck and lots of struggles of self confidence and getting by. I have used all of my savings as I’ve been in and out of the hospital for about 7 years now. And I got subdural hemorrhage 5/5 from the beating, so he almost accomplished killing me. I still need physiotherapy, brain nerve control healing as my legs don’t connect well with my brain, medicine and a surgery for my hip. This is the long story short. He beat me but he never beated me in loosing my appetite for life and the power of fighting. My life expectancy is shortened but I would love to try to get back on my feet at the best as I can for the time I have left. I have never been good at asking for help but that’s the only option I have left. I will with respect answer any questions and maybe I can be of help for someone who is going through what I did. There is a way out but it takes a lot of guts to do it. I still have my crackdown moments but then I tell myself you survived, you’re alive and I continue fighting to get my life back. I must remain anonymous because I have just sued him to account for his actions and demanded that he should be punished, jail time. Unfortunately, in my country the prison sentences are not long and you don't really get any compensation. If I win, it’s still a long way to go. Ps. That's me in the picture, when I was fighting for my life.