My husband has a pretty bad anger problem, when he's frustrated he starts screaming at me and calling me names. This morning the thermostat wasn't working so, even though I was trying to help him, he started with his verbal abuse. It really hurts me when this happens (too often) because I feel powerless and I can't easily shake it off. I'm already depressed and have anxiety and my self esteem is just getting lower every year of this relationship.

I don't really have any money or anywhere to go so I just stay and try and forget about it in between attacks. I'm not really looking for advice because there's not much that can be done, I just need to tell someone. Advice on how to insulate myself from it could be useful though. He has promised to stop doing it but it's not that simple is it?