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		<title>Physical &amp; Emotional Abuse Forum: Help! - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>I am a mess today. I am letting old thoughts creep in about what I could've done differently and maybe my relationship wouldn't have ended. ...</description>
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			<title>Comment by Tryintostaypositive</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you were able to go back and change things, it doesnt necessarily mean things would be better. Cry it out, or better yet go <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Physical_Exercise" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Physical_Exercise')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Exercise">exercise</a> for 15 minutes...it is okay to have down days. Stay strong]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:49:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by rosebud11</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[No, No, No, you're <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Swimming" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Swimming')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Swimming">swimming</a> in a fast current.  That's all.  Even in a riptide if you stop going against it, it will eventually bring you back to shore. 
 Well, you're having a weak moment and I've had a million of my own that I could scream about, but it's a long, arduous process. 
  
 Distract yourse...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:13:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by amanda28sw</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the replies. I <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> I wash ashore soon. Today sucks!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:27:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Susan151</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I can relate.  After the "big blow-up," in the week that followed, I tried very hard not to make things any worse that they already were.  I did stand up for myself, but I tried very hard to communicate in an assertive way, but it didn't make any difference. My husband put his energy into leaving an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:49:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by queenvalerie</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Keep yourself active.  Inactivity is our enemy.  When we aren't doing anything we have a chance to sit and dwell.  To borrow a phrase from AA, When I got busy, I got better.   
  
 Honey, try not beating up on yourself for your past.  The person we all were when we were inside our abusive relationship...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:07:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by melanie25</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey Amanda, 
 Head vs. heart...that has been quite the quandry indeed.  Woman are wired to develop a strong connection to a man whom we give ourselves to.  Even though I think about how horrible I felt in certain situations, I question myself too...The thing is...he had no <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Patience" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Patience')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Patience">patience</a> with my feelings o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:36:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Carm416</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Feeling like you are drowning today is part of the process.  Trust me, you won't really drown and come out feeling like a winner if you persevere.  We here at daily strenght are willing to give you all the support you need.  The truth is that you could not have done anything different to stay in the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:01:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by amanda28sw</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks girls. I really like the idea of marking it on the calendar. I never thought to do that. I'll try that. I do feel better each day I don't call him. Especially since one of the last things he said to me was, "You'll second guess yourself. You'll be back." I don't want to prove him right. Thanks!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:11:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by nightstar</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[it is so hard to feel alone and unloved.But he didn't love me to do this so I guess it is better to be lonely and loved by someone who does love you .]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:20:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by melanie25</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[They always think we'll be back, cause they set it up and manipulate us in a way where we want them to "love" us again.  Girl, we are NOT going back!  My fear is that if I don't call him, he'll call me at some point.  I <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> I can be strong enough either way- whether he calls or doesn't...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:21:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by amanda28sw</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I know my ex will never call me, and I am glad for that. In fact, when I went back to him after I left him for 4 months (this was 2 years ago), he told me that he was glad I called him because he let his pride get in the way and he never would've called me. He said he was so relieved I called him. I...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:27:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by positiveions</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Physical_Emotional_Abuse/forum/3375713-help/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I agree - this, too, shall pass, as horrible as it feels right now.  Melanie, you're right - celebrate each day...  And 1 day at a time... 1 moment at a time...  Give yourself time.  We can do it - I am so thankful for all of you!!!!  Btw - I think we want so much to think that the positive parts of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:27:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by positiveions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I think that, as we heal, the times when we sink get fewer and farther between the ones when we don't.  It's okay to miss him - we all want that intimacy - it is a driving force as human beings.  We all want to mate and feel important and wanted and cherished (and, for the record, the ones we have b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:30:28 +0100</pubDate>
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