Category: Symptoms of Abuse

A Deeper Look At Idolise, Devalue, Discard – The 3 Phases Of Narcissistic Abuse Part 1

  This is the first time I have written an article specifically about this … And I know it’s really important that I do, because this is one of those things about narcissists that leave people’s head spinning – as much or probably more than any narcissistic behaviours. When I put this topic to my Facebook […]

How To Deal With Narcissists At Christmas And The Year 2015 In Review

  Christmas can be a challenge at the best of times … You have to run around and try and buy everyone a thoughtful gift. There’s busy roads and shopping malls. There’s family and work get togethers. But what about if there is a narcissist involved!?!

Clarifying No Contact – The Common Pitfalls That Keep Us Hooked

No Contact is probably the biggest buzzword in narcissistic abuse recovery, and that’s no surprise because it’s widely acknowledged that No Contact from a narcissist is vital to recovering from one. Anyone that has experienced narcissistic abuse knows the feelings like black ink and ice running through your veins when enmeshed with a narcissist. If […]

What To Do When Your Family and Friends Don’t Support You

There are many things that are excruciatingly difficult when suffering from narcissistic abuse. One of them commonly being that people close to you seem to have no understanding of the soul rape that you are going through. Often, adding insult to injury, people close to you might believe that you are the person who is […]

Why Won’t The Narcissist Leave Me Alone?

This is a great question that I have wanted to address in a blog article for a while. It’s a question which is asked a lot. It’s also a question that’s very important to understand the answer to. Most people think that narcissists are relentless, and they won’t let up, and that there is no way […]

Interview with Nicolle Edward – Founder of Rize Up Australia

This week I did an interview with Nicolle Edward, the CEO and Founder of Rize Up Australia. Rize Up is a community driven organisation dedicated to educating, empowering and ending domestic and family violence. We all know that domestic and intimate partner violence sadly is epidemic. Recently in Australia there was a shocking week with […]

The Real Reason Why The Narcissist Punishes You

  I really want to put forth this question. When we are hooked up in narcissistic abuse (in our “normal” life of gauging things from the “outside in”) our real life experiences tell us that this person, the narcissist, is brutalising us like our worst enemy – relentlessly and manically. As if this person is […]

Recovering From Narcissistic Abuse – The 5 Illusions Of Victimhood

This article is a follow on from last week’s article Raising Consciousness – The Difference Between Victimisation and Thriving. After last week’s article I was overwhelmed with positive feedback. Many people emailed me and messaged me on Facebook stating “I am so proud of you for doing this!” … and I really didn’t expect or […]

How To Divorce A Narcissist Part 2

There really is no wonder that divorcing a narcissist takes the level of trauma of divorce to an unprecedented level – when we consider things such as: the cruel discards and replacing with new partners, new partners attacking you as well as the narcissist, battling over custody and property and the financial losses that generally happen as a result of the relationship, […]