I'm proud of you. You aren't falling for his tricks.
He isn't going to get medical and he doesn't think he's crazy. Just like he isn't going to do anything that he's promised, sworn, or threatened in the last year.
He will do everything he can to wear you down, Emily. I AM proud of you, and I think you are stronger now and have had your eyes opened. But he's better at this than you are. It's all in the abusive manipulator's bag of tricks.
The only advice I have for you is to absolutely stop taking his calls. You shouldn't be talking to him because it undermines the battery case against him. IF you truly have hope somewhere that he will "wake up," he has to lose everything first. And go to jail. Which is where he belongs, right this minute.
He's cycling and if you let him back in, you'll wind up with worse than a black eye. And you will have shot yourself in the foot because of all these phone calls.
Stop taking them. Get a lawyer. File for divorce. Abusive relationships cannot be DBed.
