I am tired and panicky all the time because my partner is always criticising me
DEAR DEIDRE: ALL day I’m wondering how to defend myself from my over-critical partner.
We are 26 and have boys aged three and one. We stopped living together two years ago because we fought non-stop. He wants to move back in together but I’m wary.
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DEIDRE SAYS: This kind of behaviour is abusive. No wonder you are exhausted.
The stress will affect your kids and he will undermine their self-confidence too.
Don’t live with him again. It will be worse second time around. Say that for all your sakes, he needs help to change his behaviour.
Get support from the Everyman Project, which helps men to stop behaving abusively (www.everyman project.co.uk, 020 7263 8884, or 8894 for survivors).
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