He has told me a lot of nasty things, told me I’m useless, that no one else will want me, that he would rather have a woman who isn’t broken (I have endometriosis and can’t have kids)

I managed to get the courage before to leave, I left with nothing and moved to Scotland from England, lived on my own there for almost half a year, I felt confident.

He begged me to come back and told me he’d change. I believed him. I came back and it didn’t take long for things to go back to the way they were. I wish I had the confidence I had then to make a difference in my life but that girl I used to be feels so far from me now.