The Question You Need to Ask Yourself About an Abuser

You don’t have to be with a narcissistic, emotional abuser for long before your sense of common decency is outraged. The longer you are with them, the more frequent the outrage – and the more your heart breaks.  You find yourself asking two questions over and over again, “How can they even behave like that?” […]

Three Things an Abuser Will Never Admit to You

 Did your induction into the crazy, skewed world of abusive people start in childhood? That is how it works for many of us. We were born into damaged – and damaging – families. Our parents  or other family members  likely grew up in an environment where their own emotional needs were rarely met – at […]

No, Your Abusive Partner Was Not Your Fault

Abused empaths take responsibility for everything that happens to them – regardless of whether it is in any way their fault.  Abusers, on the other hand, spray accusations all around them like bullets, taking responsibility for precisely NONE of the mayhem that they cause.
According to their own narrative, abusers are never responsible for any of […]

The Hidden Cost of The Good Times in a Narcissistic Relationship

 How do you accept that something that started out so good could turn to dust and ashes?  Surely, The Good Times that you shared with a Narcissistic Partner must count for something?
How do you make sense of what happened?
Survivors of a Narcissistic relationship have an extraordinarily hard time of it.  They struggle to make sense […]

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