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	<title>Comments on: I Am Hoping</title>
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	<description>...and what I&#039;m doing in it</description>
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		<title>By: eaglewolfespirit/Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator>eaglewolfespirit/Deb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a vicoius cycle it is...I hate the anxiety...the nervousness in the gut...anxiety is a side effect of the abuse...I just read your post where &#039;little me&#039; and &#039;big me&#039; are conversing...&#039;big me&#039; mentions when you dread hearing the footsteps, I am SO there...home is supposed to be our sanctuary, filled with beauty, love, peace....not our jail cell, our tomb...where our souls rot from starvation....and we are tormented, tormented for what?? Senselessness...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a vicoius cycle it is&#8230;I hate the anxiety&#8230;the nervousness in the gut&#8230;anxiety is a side effect of the abuse&#8230;I just read your post where &#8216;little me&#8217; and &#8216;big me&#8217; are conversing&#8230;&#8217;big me&#8217; mentions when you dread hearing the footsteps, I am SO there&#8230;home is supposed to be our sanctuary, filled with beauty, love, peace&#8230;.not our jail cell, our tomb&#8230;where our souls rot from starvation&#8230;.and we are tormented, tormented for what?? Senselessness&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Why Don&#8217;t You Just LEAVE? &#124; My Verbally Abusive Marriage</title>
		<link>http://verbalabusejournals.com/verbal-abuse-marriage/2009/06/06/i-am-hoping/comment-page-1/#comment-187</link>
		<dc:creator>Why Don&#8217;t You Just LEAVE? &#124; My Verbally Abusive Marriage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] off, his words are true. After all, I just wrote about HOPE and how a feeling so positive and worthy is usually diminished and falsified in an abusive [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Erin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Take skype off of your computer.  At least that way, you can have some peace while he is gone.  The conversations don&#039;t seem to go well anyway.

OR, if you feel obligated to have it on there, allow a certain time where you are &quot;available&quot; and then turn it off.  You know - like in the &quot;4 Hour Work Week&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take skype off of your computer.  At least that way, you can have some peace while he is gone.  The conversations don&#8217;t seem to go well anyway.</p>
<p>OR, if you feel obligated to have it on there, allow a certain time where you are &#8220;available&#8221; and then turn it off.  You know &#8211; like in the &#8220;4 Hour Work Week&#8221;.</p>
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