How to End an Abusive Relationship

Video Transcript

"Take threats seriously. How to end an abusive relationship. This is Dr. Paul, author of "Boomer Girls, a Boomer woman's guide to men and dating", nationwide talk show host. Let me make something crystal clear to you. End abusive relationships, but take the threats seriously. Contact your local law enforcement people. Get the restraining order. If someone says to you, if you leave me, I am going to do you bodily harm, or your children, or your family, or they do themselves bodily harm. Let's look at that for a moment. If someone, kills themselves, or threatens to kill themselves, or in fact, attempts to kill themselves, because you are leaving them, that is not your problem. They want to lay a guilt trip on you, and you are not buying into that. Don't allow that to happen to yourself, because you're becoming a co-dependent for that person. And, it will never stop. You're living under a threat. If that abusive threat comes from outside to you, or to one of your loved ones, get not only legal help from law enforcement, but get legal help from an attorney. You are in danger. Please believe that. It is not a joke. I've had too many situations where friends have called up from people who have been abused, or worse yet, disappeared, that were just sad. Don't let it happen to you, don't be a victim. This is Dr. Paul. May your fantasies of today, be your realities of tomorrow."