I received a comment / question from Jane Doe this morning which has inspired me to discuss this topic a bit further. So much of my passion around this blog is helping other people identify the abuse that they are living in and find the information and strength to get out. Jane Doe indicated that […]
81% of veterans suffering from depression and PTSD engaged in at least one violent act against their partner in the past year. – Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of Public Health & Environmental Hazards (Jan 2009) Male veterans with PTSD are 2 to 3 times more likely to engage in domestic violence compared to those […]
The month of October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I am trying to be as active as can be on social media to spread the word. At 23 years old I found myself married to someone who epitomized Jekyll and Hyde. Most people looked at our marriage and saw two beautiful and happy people. Most […]
Since the very first time I came across the terms Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Narcissistic abuse, I have spent a great deal of time doing research on these topics. I strongly believe that knowledge is power and I have found that understanding exactly what was going on in my marriage has been the key to […]
I realized last night that the Narcissist even controlled which side of the bed I slept on and how I slept. You see the Narcissist had this crazy need to always sleep on the side of the bed that was furthest away from the door. This meant that regardless of which side of the bed […]
I saw a news story the other day about a boy who died after his girlfriend gave him a hickey. Apparently his girlfriend’s love bite caused a blood cot which traveled to his brain and he had a stroke and died. The story is horrifying and very sad, but the hickey topic jogged some memories […]
By the time I knew deep in my gut that there was something very wrong with my marriage, my ex had already stopped being physically violent. I struggled daily with identifying exactly what it was that was really wrong about the entire situation. I believed my ex when he placed all of the blame on me. […]
Earlier on in my marriage to the Narcissist when I was still trying to win the trophy wife of the year award we had an incident with Chocolate Covered Strawberries of all things. I can’t quite remember why but I had planned a special evening for the Narcissist and I…. but I had planned an […]
This weekend I was reminded of one of the emotional abuse techniques that the Narcissist used to use to make me feel worthless. The Narcissist had successfully cut me off from pretty much everyone I knew before I met him. In the end I only had limited relationships with some of my family members and not […]
Before I met the Narcissist I pretty much identified as Atheist. I grew up being somewhat forced into the Catholic religion because my mom was raised that way. I think she felt like she wanted to give my sister and I a religious experience in life… but it always felt a bit shallow to me. […]
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