It is important to listen to your body and mind, and for sure - make changes when things are bad. Staying with abusive partners is not worth it. However it can

It is important to listen to your body and mind, and for sure - make changes when things are bad. Staying with abusive partners is not worth it. However it can take a while to realize the problems and manage to get out. This may have effects that last for a good while. People do not deserve abuse or the negative effects of such abuse, just because they technically could have made a change, or made it earlier.