Healing a Bankrupted Soul

I've read so many articles stating that if you are divorcing a narcissist, just cut your losses and walk away.  Every single author says the same thing:  you are fighting a losing battle, you will never win, and you will walk away financially bankrupt if you try to fight him.  I agree with all of … Continue reading Healing a Bankrupted Soul

The Insidious Take Down

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/36952273/posts/1016561972   I happens so gradually, you don't understand what is happening.  While it seems to others like he is bragging about your latest accomplishment, you somehow understand what he is really saying:  shut it down.  This is way too much about you. So there is the stress of being on eggshells on all times, … Continue reading The Insidious Take Down

Narcissists Love A Good Show!

One of the reasons we get hooked by the covert narc is that they take every Public Opportunity to be the Good Guy.  Everyone raves about what a great guy they are, because everything they do is  in public. This week is the perfect example, and thank God,  I see it for what it is. … Continue reading Narcissists Love A Good Show!

Prince + Yoga

Do Prince and yoga seem like a good combination to you?  Not to me.  Never the less, I found myself signing up for a pop-up Prince Music Yoga class. I spent the entire day feeling confident I wouldn't actually go.  I haven't listened to Prince since his '85 Purple Rain tour.  I loved that album. … Continue reading Prince + Yoga

Persistent or Tenacious?

I was once asked in a job interview if I considered myself persistent or tenacious.  Having no idea what tenacious meant I answered persistent.  When I got home and looked up the definition of tenacious, I realized I am usually tenacious; to a fault. Yesterday I was trying to print transfers for shirts and nothing … Continue reading Persistent or Tenacious?

The Magic of the Covert Narcissist

It's like magic, what the covert narcissist (CN) does to your head.  Today is a great example of how it works.  I started my day feeling pretty good.  I felt strong, capable, not bad looking for my age, and, believe it or not, Happy.   I went to yoga and saw people who I feel … Continue reading The Magic of the Covert Narcissist

Hard Not to Wallow

2 Months before our 23rd anniversary: Divorce requested by him 3/31/14.  Denial of affair. Flowers sent to GH 4/4/14; receipt found by me 4/6. 4/14/14 - made him move out; told the kids. 4/2015 - vacation with the GF.  Celebrating 1 year official anniversary? 5/2015 - GF introduced to kids.  Always with them now. 7/2015 … Continue reading Hard Not to Wallow

Beginnings & Endings: Clues to Narcissism

I have 23 years of a relationship with a covert narcissist (CN) to dissect, and the question I keep asking my therapist is "are you sure?"  How can you be sure he really is a CN, and I'm not just re-writing our story?  What proof do you have that I didn't deserve to be treated … Continue reading Beginnings & Endings: Clues to Narcissism

Quite A Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UjJ4wKLkg&list=RDJ3UjJ4wKLkg#t=0 Rhianna sums it up. You Put on Quite a Show It's really entertaining.....   For me this has been one of the most difficult aspects of the relationship with the covert narc to come to terms with.  The idea that it was all just a show, that he actually had no feelings for me, … Continue reading Quite A Show