Why Did You Stay?: The instant Sunday Times bestseller: A memoir about self-worth

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But those five years were a slow process of eroding my personality, feeling as if I had no voice and my opinion didn’t matter. A flood of support poured in, but amongst the well-wishes was a simple question with an infinitely complex answer: ‘If he was so bad, why did you stay?

Sometimes you read a book and just know it was absolutely the time in your life that you needed it most.demonstrates Humphries' clarity in telling the stories that are significant in her life and what those stories mean in her reflections on gender, society, and relationships in general. My greatest and highest wish is to provide insight and awareness that helps abused women and those who love her learn to recognize the warning signs of a potential abusive relationship. I love how this man who lived so long ago (1207-1273) continues to inspire both with his (translated) words and with the story of his life.

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These positive moments may come few and far between, yet they’re enough to provide some hope that the relationship may still work. It’s the question that those of us who’ve had difficult relationships get asked more than anything else.Abusive relationships are exceedingly difficult to quit, and it requires a lot of guts to do so,” says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, a psychologist in Chicago, Illinois. Before the whole media scandal, it had been really important to me that I projected an image of success – whether that was if I had high-profile jobs or a very successful boyfriend or important friends – and then when it all came crashing down, I was left with really not very much at all,” she says.