Indifference Is Kryptonite
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That’s why I stayed so long. You were an enemy and my soul knew it. I wanted to keep you near to me because I was more afraid of what you would do from a distance. Your insecurities and insatiable need to self-protect compelled you to hover, […]
Sometimes Support and Kindness Show Up When You Least Expect It
We all want that support and kindness that we truly deserve, and sometimes it comes from people that you least expect it from.
How Did I Allow This to Happen?
When I listen to the recordings that I made during this torture, it makes me so incredibly sick. How did I allow this to happen?
What’s Mine Is Mine And What’s Yours Is Mine
I realize that this is just one of the many micro-managing control tactics that I was allowing him to do, but it’s a total mind-F because you doubt yourself.
If I Was Sick, I Was Completely Useless
It could be a headache or a cold – all things that inhibit your ability to fully cater to his or her needs. This causes the abuser to suffer a “narcissistic injury.”
A Comfortable Hell
I am really no different from anyone with respect to choosing hell over happy. I’ve been doing it for most of my life. The difference is that I am beginning to connect the dots, to see the roadblocks and how to bring them down.