My Wife is Abusing Me

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🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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My Wife is Abusing Me - Mark feels hopeless in his abusive marriage but wants to do what's right for his 8-year-old son. - Dr. Laura: "Separation is an appropriate first step in protecting yourself." - Do you consider verbal abuse worthy of separation? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast.
0:03.3	You too can participate in my live radio program
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0:10.0	on Sirius XM Triumph 1-11.
0:13.0	Mark, welcome to the program.
0:15.4	Thank you, Dr. Laura.
0:17.0	Thank you.
0:18.5	What can I do for you?
0:20.5	Yeah, thank you.
0:21.2	The reason I'm calling is I am in a relationship,
0:26.8	Mary, with two children, and it is, and I want to qualify,
0:32.2	the word abusive when I say abusive, but not physically,
0:35.0	but emotionally verbal, verbally abusive.
0:39.4	So what I consider, at least the way it makes me feel,
0:42.0	is an extreme degree.
0:45.0	And so the role I've taken on is just keeping trying
0:50.9	to maintain peace for my children.
0:53.4	When I have tried to engage, defend, it
0:58.2	argue it escalates to a point that's just awful.
1:02.4	And so my MO has been to apologize
1:06.1	for, although being an insincere, do some overly generous
1:12.2	gesture, anything, just to get things back.
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