No, I really don't think that you survive such abuse. I think that it affects you profoundly and deeply, more than you ever probably know. In my marriage of 20 years I was verbally abused and cut down on a regualr basis. I got out of that marriage and then married a woman that devastated me both emotionally and financially. Suffice it to say I think I developed "some issues" with women and began acting out sexually. I was in a wonderful relationship but my behaviors and depression ended it. However, even this woman had an evil side attempting extorsion and humiliating me publicly. Lets just say I have totally lose faith in any relationship as a result of all this nonsense. So, I don't think you are ever the same.

For me it is a lost cause. The compunded affects of the emotional abuse and financial ruin has left me in a place that I can not recover from. This board helped for a while, but then the reality of my life smacks me right in the face. It is just not worth the struggle any longer.