When a woman is committed to a relationship that turns mentally and emotionally abusive, it is sometimes hard for her to face the Invisible Truths of what her beloved is doing. Desperate to be happy, she will delude herself that either things aren"t so bad or believe that the abuses are warranted because of something she has done-or both. Unrelenting mental anguish can be as painful and debilitating as a slap or a punch, creating invisible scars. Some women suffer such abuses daily, and they are too scared, too ashamed, too brainwashed or too numb to seek help. Mary Beth Billingsgate became a victim of her husband Troy"s abuses even before their marriage. By some miracle, however, after decades of heart-breaking mental distress, Mary Beth was one of the fortunate few whose deeply-buried reserve of courage was awakened, enabling her to break free. Perri Bergen is an English professor at a SUNY community college in Upstate New York, where she teaches composition and...