Noreen, I know many people, male and female, who have similar experiences as yours. It is nothing to do with weakness, it is not a weak thing to love some one who treats you like shit....you just love them. It is a human thing to want to stay with some one they love, but yes, you have to leave. It is not safe for you there. You are a great person and you deserve so much better. The heart scars are nothing to be ashamed of, in fact be proud, and show them off to any one willing to see them...show them to your next love, show them to your last, final love, whoever that may be...and they will know you, for those scars are your capacity to love. Good on ya, for stepping away, it is a step forward for you.
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