Originally Posted by
velma929 
"They don't go on to think, hmm I wouldn't want to live on the street and have no support and not a blanket to sleep under."
I remember reading about a woman whose husband threw alcohol on her and tried to set her on fire. The DA fired a restraining order on her husband. The wife went to court and begged the judge and prosecutor to let her husband come home.
Yes, there is also Stockholm Syndrome and a number of other mental issues that come in to play when a person has been abused.
Nothing straight forward about just "walking out the door" in those cases at all.
People do overcome it though, we see success here all the time of people who are able to leave their Husbands or wives that have been abusive. Takes courage for sure.