Abuse

A Year of Healing: Life after Abuse

It has been a year since I told my ex it was over. And it will be a year on August 3rd since I physically separated. Month 1: In the first month, I stayed in hiding. I wasn’t aware of how truly dangerous my ex could be until he followed me to the emergency room…

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The Narcissism Spectrum

Everyone can be bit narcissist at times However, having a few narcissist traits occasionally, or even all the time, does not make you a Narcissist with a capital “N”– a person that is (or can be) diagnosed with Narcissist Personality Disorder. Narcissism presents on a spectrum and is not characterized as a disorder until it…

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A Message to Narcissistic and Other Manipulative Abusers

I am posting a link to this article because it really touched a nerve. While there are plenty of articles about the grief and longing victims may feel after their break-up, I never felt that. Thanks to my ex’s scorched-earth strategy to destroy me emotionally and economically, I agree 100% with the author in saying:…

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On The Path To Recovery from Domestic Abuse

Recovering from narcissistic abuse is hard. Because mind control techniques have been used to control you, it is like waking up from the Matrix. Sometimes you wish you could just go back to unknowing. But you just can’t. While you’re trying to pull your life back together, you will go through all the stages of grief.…

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