Can you give me some comfort and joy?!

Can you give me some comfort and joy?

I am leaving my home today to go to a safe haven....?
I am leaving my husband and son and dog to go live with a woman who offered me a room in her home. I am grateful and she is nice but i feel so sad!! My husband has mentally abused me and i have to leave. He is continually trying to get me to stay even while he ''stabs me in the back'' every day i am living here. It is a classic dr. jekyll and mr. hyde scenario. Please can you give me some comforting words to ease this pain i am going through. I will miss living with my son who is 24 and very close to and is very angry that this is happening and is trying to get it together so he can move out too. And my sweet daschund dog who is 14. It breaks my heart that i have to leave instead of my husband who is the abuser but i have to leave for my own mental health and well being. thank you for any comforting and inspirational words and advice..i am forever grateful.

You are doing the right thing. Your son can still see you. Mental abuse is just as painful as physical abuse is, maybe more so. Your sadness is normal, but in time, you will feel so much better without the abuse. Nobody deserves this, it will kill your spirit. Also, you will soon find your strength returning.