How did/does your Narcissist and abuser spoil Valentine’s day for you? Notice that I’m asking not if but how he did it. It is a foregone conclusion that narcissists and abusers will spoil Valentine’s Day for the one who loves them. It just goes with the territory.
My toxic Valentine
My abiding memory of how the wasband […]
“Why is it so hard to recover from emotional abuse?” clients often ask. “Why can’t I just get over it and move on?” Not for the first time, there is no “just” about it.
Getting over the trauma of living with an emotional abuser, or Narcissist, is a big deal. On the other hand, it doesn’t […]
If you are reading this, and you don’t feel good about yourself, then you need to ask yourself, have you been blinded by emotional abuse? One of the hugely unpleasant things about emotional abuse is this, it catapults you into an alternative reality. An emotional abuser will, of course, tell you – over and over […]
You have done nothing wrong
Do you need to blame yourself? Are you in the habit of blaming yourself? Please understand, I’m not suggesting that you should blame yourself. Still less, am I suggesting that you might have done anything wrong. The reason for my asking is simple – long experience of listening to emotionally abused women has taught […]
Going into a New Year is a great time to take a new look at what has held you back in the past. In this article we shall look at three key problems when you need to recover from emotional abuse. Having been there myself, and spoken to hundreds of other women, I know that […]
If you’re a survivor of narcissistic abuse what New Year’s resolutions should you set? Is it even worth making resolutions? When your very own Jerk has done so much jerking of your emotional strings that it can be hard to feel half-way sane or half-way certain about what you even can have in your future.
The answer […]
“What if the man is doing therapy work?”
Any emotionally abused woman’s million dollar question has to be: “If a man is actually doing therapy work to heal himself and he fully admits his wounds, apologizes, and is willing to heal, then is that ok? Or do emotionally abusive men sometimes just say that they will go […]
An abuser can always turn a Peak Experience into a Trough Experience
One of the (many) things that amazed me about ‘my’ wasband was his enormous capacity for displeasure. That man really could diss any pleasure that came his way. He had a talent for finding fault in situations that should have been idyllic.
He could turn […]
“It’s so hard to recover from emotional abuse.”
“What makes it so hard to recover from emotional abuse?” writes Cate. “He’s gone, but I still can’t laugh, smile or find joy. What is wrong with me?
I need some advice on how to handle this craziness that happens when they finally leave your life. You’re forced to […]
Terrified to leave an emotionally abusive partner
Are you terrified to leave an emotionally abusive partner? Or, if you have already left, did terror keep you from leaving sooner?
I have yet to meet a woman who was not terrified to leave an emotionally abusive partner.
Emotionally abused women only have to think about leaving for the terror […]
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