Anonymous wrote:yes. and sometimes i yell back bc it gets so mean i feel the need to defend myself.
first round of Gottman style therapy didnt work
we're going for a second round-- and this is the last stop. we have a son. i will leave for my son's sake, he deserves to grow up in a calm environment. i would trade living every day with my son in the family house to a custody schedule if that meant that my son could grow up with less tension at home.
FWIW i was raised in a house where my father routinely yelled at me, berated, etc. its hardwired in me.
been in a lot of personal therapy working on my attachment style.
but i am only one half of the equation.
This is 100% right. I wish I would have insisted on therapy or left.