"Because of You" - How do you interpret this song?

I’ve heard it a few times, and I always think it’s about a domestic abuser who isolates and controls his victim (in the context of a romantic relationship). I got overtones of Stuart Smalley confessing to some of what he went through while in a relationship with Dale, his rage-aholic ex.*

Is the consensus that it’s a damaged adult inventorying the results of dysfunctional parenting?

*I’m not the only one who remembers Senator Franken’s book, I hope. :wink: