Being/feeling as you are the victim does tend to make you feel hopeless, powerless, crazy for staying in that situation when it is so obvious what you should do.

OE - do you have some training in this subject or has life been very unfair at some point. You seem very knowledgeable about this subject and many others. You are very articulate. I appriciate what you have to say. It helps so much. It comes across as you have some formal training in such things. Just curious. I also know life deals us an ugly hand now and again but those things can be used to help mankind further down the road. We just don't realize it at the time.

Thank you for all your insight.