The Narcissist liked to leave me places when he was angry. He did it a lot just by walking away from me in a mall or a grocery store… or if we were out running he would sprint off so fast there was no way I could catch up. I can’t even tell you how […]
It just keeps getting worse… this news is particularly hard to take. Trump plans to eliminate 25 violence against women grant programs as way to cut spending Donald Trump’s staff has big plans to cut government spending, the most startling of which is a proposal to eliminate the Department of Justice’s violence against women grant […]
The Amber Heard and Johnny Depp abuse story has been all over the media for the past few months, and has brought about a whole lot of conversations on domestic violence. People have been saying everything from claims that Amber was lying about the abuse, to the other end of the spectrum where people were protesting […]
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 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 […]
My last week has been fabulous. It is truly amazing how no contact has had such a profound effect on my mental and emotional well being. That one week of seeing the Narcissist a few times to get my stuff back really messed with me… but I am back on track and feeling better than […]
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