Relationship Can the emotional abuse stop without my leaving?

[B0103mcus]

I'm new here, and could really use advice and support, especially from any of you who have been in a s...

I second those who have suggested an outreach program or therapist for abuse. I left a horribly abusive situation with my children and at the time I couldn't even see straight. I made it happen. Five years later I have my graduate degree and we are safe for now. My relationship for why I joined the forum was with my bf of three years. It was emotionally abusive. We both recognized and he tried, but in the thick of episodes he would revert back to the emotional abuse. This I figured was more personality choice than PTSD. That is why I finally left. I didn't overcome my experience to be in another bad experience. I worked too hard and my children deserve so much more. It may seem impossible, but you can do it. You desrve so much more and there is only one life.