gaslighting – I Have Something To Say

Love Bombing And Other WMDs

Abuse survivors are usually wary of new relationships for extremely good reasons that are not their fault. Almost always, the

When I was a child, I had no tools or language to understand the abuse that was happening to me.

Conversations with narcissists often start out like this. You make a statement about something that matters to you. It doesn’t

I mentor a group of young adults, and was recently handling a situation where another mentor systematically tore down much

One year ago today, I created my very first post, I Have Something To Say. This was a huge milestone in

Nothing is ever good enough for a narcissist. They seek to tear down and destroy any good thing they can’t

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we think. I have always been one to challenge the status quo,

I have always been a perceptive person, able to see any situation from the point of view of others. Growing

Recently, Arc of Hope, an (excellent) child abuse recovery and support network on Twitter added me to a list titled

Even though I had all the classic symptoms and psychological traits of someone who has been abused, it took me