Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
That, my friend, is the only way you will win. Yelling at him is, as you say, draining. And how much has it achieved? It just leaves you feeling bad about yourself, bad about the world, filled with negative energy - and with no forward progress.
Don't play mean, play cold. The opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference - show him indifference (even if you don't feel it). That will have the side effect of hurting him WAY worse than anything nasty you could yell or text at him.
My two cents:
Focus on SELF-CARE.
My experience is that
self-care is nearly
the proverbial
silver bullet.
It's almost magical.
It validates you.
It repairs you.
It fortifies you.
It fuels you.
It balances you.
It restores you.
It vitalizes you.
Give it a try.