There is nothing you can do about him around your children.
Sadly it's whistling into the wind. You can carry on being frustrated by it or you can leave it alone. Know that your children are wise enough to know him as he is. Truly nasty.
Learning to love yourself again is a very hard path. It really is a difficult path to follow. So thumbs up to you.
Trauma has a deleterious effect on the sense of self, leading us to question who we are. As you no longer want WH in your life, what is it that sends you into a panic trauma state when you know you might see him? Can you write the process? At what stage does it happen?
Where in your body is that trauma?
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW