Category: Symptoms of Abuse

How To Divorce A Narcissist Part 1

This first article is Part One of a two part series I think we would all agree that divorce is one of the most excruciating things anyone can go through. Psychologists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe in 1967 created a list of the top 43 most stressful life events. Divorce rated the second most stressful, […]

What It Means To Be Addicted To A Narcissist – And How To Break Free From It

  I have never written an article specifically on this topic – and I think it is really important that I do. Feeling “addicted” to the narcissist is one of the most horrible and powerless things about suffering the trauma of narcissistic abuse. And it truly does defy all logical explanation. People standing on the […]

Why Doesn’t A Narcissist Want Love, Happiness Or Peace?

After my article Narcissistic Abuse – You’re Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t came out I received a few messages wanting me to expand on the point I made in it – that narcissists don’t want what we want. I thought this was a really good idea … And it knew it could […]

Narcissistic Abuse – You’re Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

  One of the most frustrating things about being narcissistically abused is that you are often told how bad, insensitive, selfish, uncaring and incompetent you are. It doesn’t matter how hard you try to do the right thing, the narcissist still finds fault with you. If the narcissist in your life is / was a love partner […]

What I Wish I Had Known Before I Met The Narcissist

This is article about so much more than recognising red flags. It is also about more than intuition and choices. My greatest hope, in regard to this article, is that you no longer feel like you can or will be taken in by a narcissist for this reason: because a narcissist can dupe anyone. I […]

What Is Narcissistic Entitlement And What To Do About It

Anyone who has been in relationship with a narcissist knows that even the most “giving”, “caring” Narcissist when entering into bouts of narcissistic entitlement can be totally unreasonable. In fact it feels highly confusing, abusive and even dangerous with the behaviour and demands that come forth, and the actions and expectations that healthy adults simply […]

Merry Christmas From The MTE Team

Once again I want to thank you for being a part of this community! I can’t tell you how much this mission brings me so much joy each and every day. I love doing with I do – it truly is my DREAM job. None of this would be possible without your support or the […]

The Narcissist’s Marriage To The False Self

We have been having a lot of discussions on Facebook, and through my articles and radio shows lately, about “ego”. We have talked about how the ego is the defences, the false stories, the “outer looking” at problems, the unconsciousness and the disconnection from self which stops us from healing, growing and evolving. In last […]

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

This article is one that has been inspired as a result of a comment that a lady named Jean posted on my latest blog article … “‘Am I carrying enough darkness (fear) regarding my own security and survival that I need to learn the lesson of NOT selling my soul out to abuse to try […]