Mark'd - Award Winning Emotional Abuse Short Film #Gaslighting

Update:

Thank you so much for everyone's response to Mark'd. I could have never in my wildest dreams imagining it reaching so many people. Its a really bittersweet feeling, touching because hopefully it can help some people realize that they're in such a relationship but also disheartening to see just how many people have suffered similar experiences to it.

Mark'd has gone on to being included in several domestic abuse resource packs here in the UK, and we're hoping to continue to add to that over time.

Also i just want to point out due to there being so many comments about it, i am well aware that this does not exclusively happen to women and it can go both ways, but as a filmmaker i could only make this film by drawing on experiences i have witnessed in my own life, and that is several women in my own life suffering in these sort of situations so apologies if you don't feel represented by the film, feel free to make a sequel.

Danny
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The black eye 😢 I just found a picture of this part of my life.

Oh the CRAZY CARD. Their favorite !

Touché. Though it's not the same case, it does remind me of a friend's attitude. He ghosted me in the worst moment, then messaged and called me as though I was the one ghosting him. It took me a couple of months to see him again, I brought up the ghosting thing and anytime I did he put ugly faces and said he didn't want to talk about it. All the while adding things to make him feel good about ghosting me. A couple of days ago he left me alone with my sick dog when he said he was accompanying me and then asked me 'what happened?'... Duh!!! What happened? YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP!!! All the while I've avoided to block him because he's helped me with material things while I went through an abusive family but I'm super angry with him and I don't even think messaging him before blocking him will help because he'll probably feel he's worthy of my attention but he's not. I'm so upset with myself for still allowing him to disrespect me!!!

I myself dodged a few men with control: I was asked if i wanna go out for a beer, my response was I don't drink beer. Was also asked if I would like to go for a walk with his dog, my response dog walking does not interest me. Having my own mind made me less of being targeted by narcissist

Loser!

This is psycho abuse .

Well done! Let this film be seen and felt worldwide.

Seriously!!. Too much focus on the headband. You're missing the point! Beautifully done. Made me cry.

God that conversation made me so mad if my bf talked to me like that id ve off no one talks to me like that and gets away with it

I wished every time he insults or criticized me, a bruise would show up. Then he would truly realize that what he says is abuse. He thinks that there’s nothing wrong with what he says or he thinks I am too sensitive for taking the wrong way. What I do is never enough, and he never cuts any slack for me when I am tired or too busy to do things…

Really healing happens when you can listen to the stuff they say and know, deep inside, that it isn't YOU. End it with as few words as possible and ideally in a phone call. Keep moving in the opposite direction and never forget just how brave and beautiful you are.

Hey, dear filmmaker,
Could you do a film where such a narc encounters a worthy opponent?
How he gets the answers needed when being ugly?
Would LOVE to watch 💕
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Women are THE BIGGEST offenders. Plus they abuse, emotionally and mentally, and then have the police respond to cage the man when he tries to walk away.

Look how many women lie about paternity. And get away with it.

Look how many use children as weapons. And get away with it.

Look how many women threaten to call police about violence that never happened. And get away with it.

And the law allows it.

She has a bruise on her lips and left eye already..

He would do this ONE time to my daughter!!!

I think part of the reason I was skeletally thin when I was young was because of my 10-year relationship with a narcissistic sociopath. During the dinner scene in this film I started having the same sick-to-my-stomach feeling I always had around my ex. Does wonders to take away one's appetite. I really liked how the verbal punches showed up as actual bruises on her face. Very clever.

It looks as though she’s enduring physical abuse, as well. I’ve been there. I’m still in the emotional abuse and financial abuse and gaslighting. It’s unbearable. But I’ve stayed in it for over 10 years thinking he would change. Guess what? Never! Only gotten worse. The physical abuse only stopped because he knows I’m no longer scared to call the authorities on his sorry ass. Unfortunately, I’ve become physically ill and laid up from surgery and unable to work with no income. So, now I’m completely financially dependent on him. I no longer have any friends or family or anyone to help. Where I live doesn’t offer any public assistance to those without minor children. The mental health issues that come from this alone are so devastating. I’m trying to work on myself every day but it’s difficult when you’re being abused consistently. I have no idea how I’m going to get out of this. I’ve given the best last decade of my life to someone who I truly thought was going to change like they promised so many times and be the partner I needed. Now they don’t even bother to do that. He has all the control. It’s a living nightmare. I advise anyone who is in this type of position to get out before they get stuck as I am. Please! It’s life or death. They steal your soul and may even take your life someday. Please! Use me as an example as what not to do. God bless.

good message

“I was only joking” “look what you made me do” words I heard as a kid growing up… she was abused by him, I was abused by him. He ruined both our lives. Words stay longer than bruises..

Why the beautiful she is with him? Why 😢

My husband does exactly the same thing. Says i always start a fight. These men do not deserve happiness. I hope he gets punished in this world.

I can appreciate the caption at the end that acknowledges both genders can be abusive,
but this is a grossly unrealistic representation. I don’t remember ever seeing a woman walking around looking all beat up like this. In fact I remember going to work many days and having to explain why my face and neck was scratched up.
My wife was quite the perfect angel in public but a psycho bitch when no one was looking.

Almost every woman goes through this pain 💔

What a sour puss.

Brilliant....however please make such videos depicting toxic women too

luv watching these short stories brilliantly acted ❤

There's so much increased background noise at the restaurant that it's difficult to hear their words. I think these kind of films really help drive these things home. Good job⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

If my wounds were visible... 😢 Perhaps someone would have believed me or helped me.

For anybody that’s actually lived that kind of abuse the short film actually hit home. Thanks for changing the caption on the mirror to tell the truth.

"That's your role in life ?" " Its always about you !" "You're too sensitive", "you're a link " " you're very selfish"...You are this this this and that ...and when you finally follow their rules and get silent as they want we are betraying them...we are bad and we deserve another lesson ...they are incapable to watch what's missing in themselves as how hurt they are so they hurt others instead, worst they are incapable to assume that and frankly to apologize and really compensate the infinite damages they produced in others life's.

I can’t understand much of what he’s saying.

Uhggg, all too real...💙🌎

My father and grandparents were like this when I was a kid; my mother looked the other way. I'm in my 50s and this abuse has crippled me still.😢

Lived this, very disturbing

This is similar to what happened with me, but kudos to my ex who identified this and left for good.....

Get up, walk away, never return .

This made me realize some things about my marriage.

The female version is even more stealthy and lethal. Like a porcupine that constantly needs saving from drowning, until one day if you are lucky, you realize that shame-shattered ego parasite can float just fine.

Me in 1980

I cried watching this. I felt it to my core. His words almost cut me. Been here more times then I'd care to admit. I'm just the punching bag. That's all I've ever been....for 36 yrs. As a child, teenager and as an adult. I say I'm used to it... but idk if anyone really gets used to it.

After that black eye, why do you even bother showing up anywhere for him or with him, run to the police and get a restraining order, end of the story.

This was beautifully done…the acting spot on.

6 months of this. I was DONE.

Welcome to my life....or ex life. Just because you can't see bruises on someone doesn't ever mean that aren't there. Great clip. Well done

I bet Megan Markle treats Prince Harry like this

Not looking the male waiter in the eye I know the feeling too well and of course he ordered first talking over her alot of times abusers don’t want to go out with you

heartbreaking. my life.

When the partner abuses the very first time just have to leave him/her. The biggest problems why do we stay with the abuser?

That was a normal day for 19 years. Not a particularly bad one. No one saw the marks because there weren't any. But they haven't healed. The imagery of the bruises was excellent. Thanks for making this