Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who treated you badly? Have you asked yourself, why do they behave like that? In this article we’re going to be looking at the 15 things you need to hear about abusive and narcissistic partners.
What I’m going to be sharing with you are the things that […]
My lovely client’s expression switched from radiant to anxious as she told me about a situation that had just come up which she had to address.
“I have to be very strong…”
“My friend told me I have to be very strong,” she said.
“Scary!” I replied. “I don’t know how that makes you feel but just hearing […]
Wouldn’t it be nice if we only had to experience being ill-treated by one man, and we learned from it never to make certain mistakes again? For most of us, the reality is slightly different. We learn that a certain kind of man treated us badly, in a certain kind of way, and we resolve never to make that mistake again. Sadly, we don’t think that we could be vulnerable to different, but equally calamitous, mistakes. That is precisely why we repeat them.
My mother’s favorite phrases – when I was doing my best to grow up – included these three gems, “What do you think you are doing?” “What do you think you are wearing?” and “You aren’t going out looking like that!” There were plenty of things she did not want me to wear – because […]
During my abusive marriage, I was plagued with feelings of craziness. In fact, the longer I stayed in the marriage, the more I felt like I was going crazy. Plus, the wasband, a physician, frequently labelled me “crazy” in his most professional tones.
Have you ever felt like you were going crazy? Almost every single client that […]
Most weeks, I receive a few emails from emotionally abused women that pose the “Why do I…?” question. That is a perfectly normal question for any hurt and suffering woman to ask. It’s one that I have asked, myself. More than once
The “Why do …?” question is a normal enough question – in the context […]
Previously, we looked at the two little words that make you feel like a victim. This week, it seems only right to look at the two little words that will make you hold your head up high.
What an emotionally abusive relationship teaches.
An emotionally abusive relationship teaches you to hang your head in shame.
Obviously, it serves […]
Being around an emotionally abusive partner is reason enough to make anyone feel like a victim. Unfortunately, feeling like a victim has a markedly harmful effect on a person’s happiness and well-being. It gets in the way of a person feeling good enough about themselves to make the changes they need to make. In this […]
I grew up with a lot of fear in my life. Perhaps you did, too. At the time, I couldn’t know it but I was actually deeply – and appropriately – frightened of emotionally abusive people. Those people were my family of origin.
My parents both came across as very powerful people. They expected unquestioning obedience; […]
There comes a point in every abusive relationship when you know you should get out. Your abusive partner is making you miserable, you know the relationship is all wrong and, as far as you can see, your life has stopped dead… But still you stay. You know you should leave, but you don’t.
Instead, you ask ourself: “What’s wrong with me?”
Over the next 5 days, I'll send you some lessons and tips that I've found have really helped women to heal from narcissistic abuse. Starting with the basics.
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