Gaslighting is incredibly painful and it’s an actual form of psychological manipulation that affects your memory, your perception, your sanity, and your reality. To Gaslight someone is to basically plant seeds of doubt in their mind to make them question their...
A Narcissist NEEDS Outside Help — this is a non negotiable. I tell my clients: don’t trust it when a Narcissist (or abuser, or manipulator…) says they are working on themselves by themself. Think about this for a minute…their thinking got them...
Traumatic bonding is a strong emotional attachment between an abused person and his or her abuser, formed because of the cycle of domestic violence. If you are in a trauma bond, I believe you saw the absolute best and the absolute worst of your partner. I am also sure...
Emotional and verbal abuse as displayed in the movies typically looks very overt and controlling. It’s very obvious. It can look like: telling somebody what to do, sneaking into someone else’s phone, telling them who they can see, yelling and screaming and...
Many victims of narcissism, manipulation and abuse desperately want to know if their abusive partner is changing, or if he even can change. This is very normal. You are likely an empathetic person who would make changes if you were hurting someone you care about. This...
