*waves*

[ginnytonnick]

Hi. Long time no post. Longer time no public post. Sorry about that. Let me explain.

No there's to much. Let me sum up.

I'm divorced. :)

Comments

[kat_lair]

It is really good to hear from you, hun. And such positive news too, of you making it from a dark place toward a much better one.

[ginnytonnick]

Definitely :)

[penfold_x]

I was in an emotionally, verbally, and financially abusive marriage for a long time and I stayed in it because of reasons most abused people stay put curled up like a pill bug. I also suffer from massive episode depression, anxiety disorder, and OCPD brought on by a kind of awful child hood. I was pretty primed to be a victim and the mental illness just made it hard to get out of once it started.I've heard a number of women say that they don't understand why anyone would stay in an abusive relationship, and are overall pretty certain they never would. IMO, they're cracked. People stay in abusive relationships for lots of entirely understandable reasons: the abuser makes sure s/he controls the money, the abuser intentionally takes steps to isolate the abused, admitting that something like this is happening to you is deeply embarrassing, the abuser is really good at hiding the abuse from your family/friends, making any major life change is incredibly stressful (let alone the making a choice that might leave you destitute/cause you to

[ginnytonnick]

Thank you for saying that. *hug*

[ginnytonnick]

I'm glad too. Life isn't so exhausting now