Crazielady420 wrote:I just want to scream!!!! Or go far far away for a little while and then come back and see how I feel, I am soooo stressed out about this... I know to everyone here the obvious choice is to leave him because of the knife situation and the danger.... and I know it isn't healthy for me to be with him anymore but a part of me needs him...
I have asked him if he would ever think about hurting me before and he tells me he can't promise anything! I know what that means but at least he is being honest.... he can't control his temper, even though he doesn't mean it.... So I know I could be in danger but at the same time it just doesn't seem to hit me like that,.,.. and I know I am in denial... but I am sooo scared to be without him... I am so confused!!! I just don't know anymore!
Crazielady420:
Sometimes you MUST divorce yourself from your emotions -- pack them away in a LOCKED trunk so they do not interfere -- make the decision that you intelligently KNOW is the right decision -- and then follow through with your decision.
When the time is right, you can unlock that trunk, and talk about your confused emotions with a professional. But right now, your emotions are paralyzing you and that is unacceptable. If you remain stuck in this emotional quagmire -- you will remain exactly there -- stuck and confused and a jumbled bundle of emotions. You must move forward because staying where you're at is not the answer to your present and future welfare.
Do what you need to do to save yourself and others from a person who has demonstrated (beyond a reasonable doubt) that he is a THREAT to himself and others. Love has nothing to do with your situation. Pick up the phone, dial the domestic violence crisis center, and talk to a counselor. Get yourself into a safe house. LEAVE.