I have lived the same thing and my kids are still going through the hard times with thier father. I thought once he was gone he couldn't hurt us anymore, but with father's rights he still gets a right to brainwash his kids every week and try to control our every whim. I have been looking for someone who can relate the same. I have had depression for many years but my kids' father made it severly worse and his constant bashes in the head have caused some permanent brain damage. I am legally blind and suffer extreme migraines all from not doing anything right.