‘You don’t want to admit that you’ve made such a bad choice of partner – that your judgement is so flawed,’ one woman had told her. Another said, ‘It’s because people don’t understand why you let it happen – they think it’s easy to walk away. They don’t get it that you’re made to feel it’s all your fault, that he had to hit you, and every ounce of your self-confidence crumbles to nothing. Then he’ll do something especially nice and you begin to kid yourself it’s all going to be okay.’
