Mrs. Patrick says after her husband Governor Deval Patrick was elected, she didn’t know what to expect, and she was not prepared for the scrutiny, criticism and media reports. “I began to feel as though I was losing control over who I was, who my family was, who my husband was. And I felt as though he was being redefined, and it was very distressing. Having come through a long campaign, then to be bombarded with what I thought was a heavy dose of negativism, it was difficult.” 

She says the lack of control she felt brought her back to the days of her first marriage, which was an abusive relationship. She says, “Because there was a similarity with a sense of losing control, and not knowing who you were any more. And that was really what, that I think is what ultimately causes you to crash.”

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