"At Least He Doesn't Hit Me" — What Coercive Control Looked Like for Monique Tepe

"At least he doesn't hit me." That's what millions of people tell themselves to survive another day inside a relationship that's slowly dismantling who they are. No bruises means it's not abuse. No police report means it's not real. No one on the outside can see it — so maybe you're the problem.

You're not the problem.

According to witnesses, the abuse Monique Tepe allegedly survived during her seven-month marriage to Michael McKee left no physical evidence. It left something harder to see — and harder to escape. This episode defines coercive control through the lens of the Tepe case and the millions of people who experience these same dynamics without ever making the news.

We walk through isolation, monitoring, financial control, weaponized intimacy, identity erosion, and invisible rules — not as a checklist, but as what they feel like when you're living inside them. If something sounds familiar, that recognition is the first step. What you experienced has a name.

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