Advice on getting out

[DecemberDOE]

Trying to get out of a toxic relationship with 3 kids, any advice?

[4523]

Dear Doe...I have been through this. My advice to you is to take a look at your relationship and make sure this is what you really want. Is the relationship Toxic because of your depression and your thought process or is it truly your mate that is making the relationship Toxic. If you take a step back and realize that your unhappiness may be a part in the bad relationship and you truly love this person, you may want to get some couples counseling and see if you can work through this. This decision affects the kids tremendously and you have to be ready to be there rock even at your lowest. I look back on a decision I made 15 years ago and can truly see our marriage could have been saved and the hardship on the kids wouldn't have been if I would of known a huge part of our issues were me and not knowing how to deal with my depression. Either way you need to be strong ...nothing is easy when it comes to being the #1 responsible for your children especially when life is hard for yourself