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Moving On…
It’s the week before I leave this place forever. The children are all at school, I am alone and have finished my work for the morning. I sit and take a moment to just exist right here in this space for perhaps the last quiet moment I’ll ever have here. The light is grey, the […]
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Cathartic Writing
Today, I wanted to share a technique that I’ve started using, on the advice of my therapist, for releasing intrusive thoughts. Because of my history and my trauma I do suffer with anxiety and I am sometimes caught off guard by thoughts that don’t belong to me. This can come in the form of feeling […]
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Chaos Continues
In the chaos that cycled around her, just for a moment she surrendered. Shoulders slumped, eyelids heavy, reality suspended. The world trickled off her like a rain shower in the spring. Instinct dragged her towards him, all her resistance dissolved. His hand, a slow pressure on her lower back. The warmth of him. Rough fingertips […]
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Life after the Narcissist
#4 Things I shouldn’t have tolerated, in no particular order This one has a happy ending. We just have to navigate through the inbetween bit first. In some ways, this is the hardest part of the whole process of being in a relationship with a narcissist. Finally being free. But what does freedom mean? If, […]
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I’m the crypt keeper Here lies me, moth-eaten corpse Who I used to be © Emma Stead
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The Intentions of the Abuser
#3 Things I shouldn’t have tolerated, in no particular order A question has tortured me for years. Driven me close to madness, in fact. Does he know – does he UNDERSTAND what he has done to me? Does he care? Is it intentional? It doesn’t come to you as a question at first, not second, […]
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Special Occasions and the Narcissist
#2 Things I shouldn’t have tolerated, in no particular order His birthday You’ve thought about the perfect gift for weeks, you’re a pro at looking after him now, after all it has been a long relationship, so you know exactly what he likes, dislikes, loves and enjoys. The fact that he’s a narcissist means that […]
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Things I shouldn’t have tolerated, in no particular order
The musings of a domestic abuse survivor “His intention wasn’t to hurt her, he was just trying to scare her. To get her to behave.” Yep, I actually said that. To social services. About how he had physically abused my five year old. At that point I was already out of the relationship, I should […]
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