• Why are they being nice?

    There are times when the narcissist is nice, albeit not often. When I say they are nice, I’m talking about the times they’re nice to us, not their flying monkeys or anyone else aside from their victims. But what is nice? To me, it’s when they ask something of you and maybe even include a…

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  • What You See Is What You Get

    Such a broad title for what I really want to discuss today. I’ve written a lot about what a narcissist is, the characteristics and the things to look for. There are a couple of things I want to discuss here today. The first one is why it is usually only the victim that eventually sees…

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  • Using a Child as a Pawn / When a Child Becomes a Victim

    I’m sure there’s a better title than that… but today’s post is going to be about how a narcissist uses their own flesh and blood to get what they want and to make themselves look better, or to make others look bad. I’m going to discuss and share with you a few of the recent…

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  • This post is going to deviate a little bit from my other posts thus far. As a victim of narcissistic abuse there are a number of emotional and physical things our bodies and minds go through as we embark on the healing process. The time abused by a narcissist varies and every situation is different,…

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  • Desperation

    One word that isn’t under the Narcissistic Dictionary is Desperation. Although, Narcissists are incredibly desperate to keep their egos inflated. They will go to the ends of the earth to make themselves look like a saint, when they are quite the contrary. They will spend hours constructing lies and story lines to persuade others that you are the…

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  • What is Lost

    Not a question, but a statement of what we lose when we go through a separation of any sort from a narcissist. There are losses in any divorce or ending of a relationship, sure. In those cases, you usually lose money, some friends and family on your ex’s side, time with your kids due to…

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  • A Victim’s Experience

    A Victim’s Experience… Just a few of the things I have personally and recently experienced.

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  • Trauma Responses

    Today we’re going to address trauma responses – what they are, why we have them, how to live with them, and how to gain back our freedom from them. We’ve already discussed what trauma is in a previous post. For this post, we’re going to discuss the trauma only from narcissistic abuse…because well, that’s what…

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  • Flying Monkeys

    Today we’re going to talk about the narcissist and their flying monkeys. No, that’s not a term that I came up with, but it is a term often referred to as the people that the narcissists persuade and convince that the victim of their abuse is really the problem. When we think of Flying Monkeys,…

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  • As most of you know, I have one daughter, with my ex-narcissistic husband. I have done an exorbitant amount of research and reading about narcissists and how they ‘raise’ and treat their children. I have also witnessed the negative behaviors and words towards my daughter. She is still young, but has been greatly impacted by…

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