I’ve escaped a difficult marriage but have started to doubt myself

You’ve shown courage and impressive resilience – have faith in yourself, says Annalisa Barbieri. It’s going to take time to rediscover who you are

I am a 68-year-old woman and separated from my husband four years ago, after being married for 42 years. We have children and grandchildren. My ex-husband was a serial adulterer but this time I was so hurt and angry I had the strength to ask him to leave.

Our marriage had not always been easy and we didn’t communicate well; I had often felt lonely. There was a lot of acrimony in the divorce proceedings. I shouldered the burden of sorting things out, including selling our home. I don’t feel I was being difficult – I wasn’t looking for any more than our finances to be halved, but he thought I was being controlling.

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