I recently had a stroke and it's put a real damper on things. She seems to be resentful and treating me with contempt. I have a brand new perspective, given that I have another chance at life. The down time has helped me refocus on myself financially and I am starting school toward a new career. I have been on my ass fpr a long time, but in recent months, I've gotten up and have been doing a lot around the house, she doesn't seem appreciative, but it feels great to me to finally be up and about. I did go through a large amount of depression in the months after the event and during this, she was being frantic (as usual) and crazy about the presidential election and things going on around then.

One of the habits Ive found that she manipulates is, when we argue or disagree political, which we do often. I'm sort of a small L libertarian and she is sort of a libtarb, faux-feminist. I just say leave me alone, but it always turns into this guilt trip about me not taking her side and how the relationship is doomed because we "just can't get along" and "we are so far off on how we see things", etc. She has always has a way of finding my buttons and pushing them til I lose my cool and then she turns all of her franticness to calmness and says how much of an animal I am and how it's me. Mind you, I'm depressed at the moment and she is still pulling this shit. One day it gets to be too much, she doesn't listen to my demands to leave me alone and I lose it. She pulls her phone out to film it, while saying "see, this is what you are" and other forms of flipping her shit onto me. I admit, I have a real problem with my temper once I'm pushed too far, and it happens like this every so often.

So after she's tried degrading me and ignoring anything I say about how I've asked her to stop. She turns her back, all high and mighty and walks away, I lose it and slap her in the pony-tail (hair is the only contact) she turns around to hit me and I hold her back and shut the door on her. She goes around telling everyone I hit her and tries kicking me out of the house. Her mom, also a faux-feminist, pretend activist and all around cold cunt and her start trying to push me out amidst everything that is going on with health and so on. Some of her family knows how she is and doesn't want to be in the middle, while she is trying to be Wonder Woman and kick me out and pretend she's the queen of the friggin universe or some kick, it's ridiculous.

Needless to say, I'm in a shitty situation. Not sure what to do, and new to owning my shit and doing what is best for me. I could use some serious advise, because I know its a bad situation, but I can't help but feel like I'd do anything to save it. There are children involved, one is very young. Please help me in anyway, I like how you guys handle things. Currently reading NMMNG and it's hitting me hard.

EDIT: I'm back in the house. She returned to see me here and drove away. Called me about ten minutes later screaming and trying to be MRS. Tough Guy, and I STFU while she went on a tirade, in which I responded by fogging, then broken record "I understand that you feel that way, but I'm not leaving" and different variations. It at least disarmed her momentarily and let her know that I wasn't playing her game anymore, had her screaming because her guilt trips weren't working and then I ended with "Lets talk about it once you've calmed down" and ended the call. Joined a gym this morning and I'll be working on building up my frame.