I want to add some more context to try to support others going through this. Today I want to share some email from a “flying monkey” which is a colloquial term for those who support the narcissist despite their devious deeds. Let me lay the groundwork in case you have not read previous or earlierContinue reading “My Request for Help and a Response That Will Blow Your Mind”
Category Archives: Narcissistic Abuse
On Betrayal: Navigating the Unimaginable with your “Coparent”
My young daughter was so sick for 36 hours, in bed with fever. I feared maybe she even had measles which is said to be going around. I texted her father (we have been divorced almost 8 years now and he lives less than a mile away) about her condition and that she had missedContinue reading “On Betrayal: Navigating the Unimaginable with your “Coparent””
Surviving Co-Parenting: A Story of Resilience and Hope
For those of you who understand because you’ve lived it and those who are here to be grateful you haven’t, and believe me I hope you never will, I’m sharing how I feel right now. I’ve been divorced now and living this “co-parenting” life for almost 8 years. Now my kids are teens but stillContinue reading “Surviving Co-Parenting: A Story of Resilience and Hope”
Real Stories: Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex
This is a real life example of what it can look like when a narcissist gains equal parenting time. He will demand equal parenting time even though he has never before taken the children to the doctor (and probably doesn’t even know who the doctor is), dealt with the schools or made them their dailyContinue reading “Real Stories: Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex”
Remembering
WARNING TO READERS: This is not happy holiday reading. This is a raw retelling of a tragic event that occurred in my life one year out and expose. The content covers serious subjects such as suicide and abuse. Read at your discretion and with that understanding. It was a morning like this one year agoContinue reading “Remembering”
On Holidays
Exploring how to navigate holidays when life changes in the wake of divorce and death
Privacy 🔐
The narcissist will invade your privacy every chance you get. I remember the one I knew would walk right into the bathroom while I had been in there with the door closed. I might be washing my face for bed or dressing or some such thing. Things that you would like to have a littleContinue reading “Privacy 🔐”
Encouragement 🤗
I feel so encouraged when I hear women appreciate my blog or related posts elsewhere. I have received so many demands from the narcissist in my life to shut down my blog and at times he has ganged up with the system to hamstring me into limiting what I want to share to help otherContinue reading “Encouragement 🤗”
Financial Abuse 💸🤑
Today in my Family Law Mediator Training we heard from a Domestic Violence specialist. As she discussed psychological and financial abuse I recalled my former life. She talked about how in some relationships one spouse is granted an “allowance,” has no access to the bank accounts, handles none of the financial matters. I had aContinue reading “Financial Abuse 💸🤑”
Never Ending Saga
Today we are going to find out if in Florida someone can effectively steal your children, have you threatened in the public right of way, stalk and harass you, act as conduit for hidden marital assets and not only get away with it but charge their victim for the pleasure. Stay tuned.
Notes From Real Life 