thanks for this topic, i been in abusive relationships all my life, the last real bad one i was bit so hard, pulled by my hair oh man i dont even want to say but that was the one that created ptsd in me, that was the break of my thresh-hold, i took him to court and the helpless caring foolish women i was i blame the fact that we smoked crack so lthat was the excuse for lhis behavior and when i went to the grande jury i playe on that and the charges were dropped only to find out months later he pulled a knife on his mom and held it to her throat. i am in a relationship now asking myself how much of this am i willing to take, not that hes abusive but we are both early in recovery and he does take me back to hat insecurs state of being as a child and i dont like that, i goto sign back in at the library be back