As a child nothing I did was good enough. And as a teen, my parents started controlling me. They chose who I could be friends with. Monitored my phone. And even escorted me when I wanted to go out.It ...

Have you ever said this to your partner? Or had your partner say it—or one of its oh-so-many variants, listed below—to you? “You’re always trying to control me!” “Are you ever going to stop ...

The night I finally said no to Ronny, my hands were shaking so badly I had to place the phone on the floor and breathe through my mouth. His name glowed on the screen like it always had—steady, ...