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Apr 27, 2011, 09:27 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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Hi ~ YES you will get your self-esteem back, once you are completely rid of HIM. He won't be around to brow-beat you, and constantly put you down. He won't be there to continually abuse you. And this will be better for your daughter too, because you don't want her thinking that this is how a woman is SUPPOSED to be treated!!!  I'm sure you don't want her marrying someone like her father!!!
You say you "love" him ~ I say you probably are just dependent on him. YOu THINK you love him. But how can an intelligent woman like you really LOVE a man like that??? You say you have no family -- so chances are you just hung onto him because he was all you had.
You really would benefit from talking to a therapist. You need to find out why you allowed yourself to be treated like this by this man. You certainly don't want this to happen again with someone else!! And it could -- you could enter into another abusive relationship because that's all you know. Get in touch with a good therapist and talk to him/her. You won't regret it. It will help your self-esteem greatly too. You have to love yourself before you can love anyone else -- and right now I don't think you love yourself very much.
Best of luck dearheart ~ and please keep us posted on your progress. Hugs, Lee 
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