And he locked me out of the apartment with no clothes on.

He literally threw me out when I was finally able to get out

the next day once I'd realized, OK, this is my worst fear.

The next time he is going to kill me.

Welcome back to other people's lives.

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I'm Greg Dybeck.

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So today we're speaking with a woman who reached out to us via email.

And the subject line read, why I stayed my abuse story.

And in the email she wrote, as a survivor,

I have heard the question, why do people

stay in abusive relationships more times than I can count?

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