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Relationships

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A heroin addiction during Melbourne lockdown: 'How my husband unravelled inside our family home.'

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'My boyfriend is disabled. This is what I want people to know about our relationship.'

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'After my divorce, I moved in with my mum. It made me realise she'd been gaslighting me my whole life.'

The contact list anyone leaving an abusive relationship should have.

'It started with comments about how I dressed.' Angelina's 6 years with a controlling man.

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3 ways to best navigate painful sex when you have endometriosis.

'Using guilt to get their way.' 5 habits of a deeply insecure partner.

Secret purchases and hidden credit cards: My husband's 'financial cheating' broke our marriage.

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'I was sexually abused at the age of 12. My mum knew but said nothing.'

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