I forgot to add before that sometimes it's easier to make small steps. Like I said, having to get away from my husband is something I know is right, but doing it is hard - partly because it's such a big change for me. So, I have been trying to let go in little steps - first, trying not to react to him the way I have in the past. I also have been trying to assert myself a little more and point out to him the way his treatment of me makes me feel. To be perfectly honest, I am beginning to wonder if he has more of a problem than I do!