this is an intro
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Looking back, most of us can pinpoint a certain incident that rang the first warning bells. At the time we had no way of knowing that this was a glimpse of much worse things to come. So we gave our partner the benefit of the doubt, and dismissed his bad behavior as an out of character incident. Everything had been going so well. Then we went out for the day with my children and they did something really small that upset him. He got in an absolute fury about it and drove like a maniac all way -
Most of us live out our relationship struggles privately. No matter how bad things get, we pretend to the outside world that all is well, prevented by shame from confiding in other people about our distress. Caught by the secrecy that surrounds destructive relationships, we have no way of knowing how many other women are also trapped, silent and alone, in similar situations. We also have no way of knowing that our bewildering personal experience is part of a wider picture. While each of our situ
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Most of us live out our relationship struggles privately. No matter how bad things get, we pretend to the outside world that all is well, prevented by shame from confiding in other people about our distress. Caught by the secrecy that surrounds destructive relationships, we have no way of knowing how many other women are also trapped, silent and alone, in similar situations. We also have no way of knowing that our bewildering personal experience is part of a wider picture. While each of our situ
