dear cgirl
first i would like to give you a very special
you have had such genuine good and caring advice here that there really isnt much more for me to say except that we are here for you whenever you need to vent about this really hard situation you are living with.
to lose yourself for fear of being by yourself would be such a tragic loss
I know stepping out from what is familiar and oddly comfortable, even when it is intolerable, is so hard to do.
But if and when you feel able to rediscover YOU instead of being engulfed by him and what he has degenerated your life into, then I hope you will use all the support you can find to get you back in the driver's seat of your life. We will sure be here to cheer you on!