Grandma’s Favorite—awww so sweet, y’all
This post is taken directly from how.i.rebuilt.myself. The "me too " which I feel when I read her posts is priceless-helping survivors heal, one post at a time. Fake chivalry of the covert…
Exploring the confusion, self-doubt, and hard-won clarity that can emerge from experience with gaslighting and emotional manipulation.
So This
Rather than entering into a difficult conversation, some people will try to silence you when they feel threatened by having to look at something that shakes their sense of power…
Triangulation-How It Works
Triangulation can occur in any relationship, but it is very common in a relationship with a narcissist. It may happen at home, at work, with friends, or within in family…
What Is that smell? Could it be bullshit?
Transparency is on my mind lately, probably always will be at the fore front after a lifetime of gaslight experiences, always being told that I am not the best narrator of my own emotional and physical experience. Now, the values of clarity, directness, transparency, benevolence are at the top of the list of qualities required for “trusted other” status. These things remain static regardless of mood or desire. Recovery teaches me that catering to erratic moods and desires is not my job, and it is impossible to do with or for people who are not even emotionally honest about their actions and motivations and natural consequences. (more…)