Narcissism – Page 7 – I Have Something To Say

To My Abusive Mother on Mother’s Day

Dear Mom, I’m sorry. I’m sorry that you are estranged from your children. I’m sorry that you drove them away

Because I had been raised by abusers, I used to think that I could handle difficult people. I see

One of the most difficult aspects of facing the full impact of child abuse is the conflicting feelings that go

Since making my abuse known to the public, I have received a wide range of responses, from dead silence from

We have all, at times, completely lost our mellow in the face of conflict. We’ve all said things we shouldn’t

“I’m not sick, you’re sick!” This is what a family member barked at me, eyes glowing with contempt, when I

When my grandmother died, I found some papers from the 1940s from a psychiatric institution, along with a few letters.

When I was growing up, I was taught that abuse was something that happened to disadvantaged people. Uneducated people. Trashy

I feel the feelings of those around me. I always have. If someone scrapes their knee, a tingle will shoot

They are everywhere on social media, those sentimental memes about mothers. But because I was abused, to me they read