Sorry but Raggy Roman - how on earth do your comments help?
I agree she should stop dwelling but its bloomin hard when someone has (and I am surmising here) destroyed all your self esteem and sounds a little (if not a lot) violent.
Then having someone else tell you that you 'have a problem' REALLY makes you feel better.
If you don't know what she wants, then you can't help her so why respond?
Give the poor woman a break, some supportive words or the notion that all men aren't like that, tough love like �pull yourself together, he�s not worth it may be helpful� but please try to be understanding!
And I'm interested to know, what is a typical woman? Hopefully her alcohol, violent, self-centred ex wasn't a 'typical man'.