Profile of the Narcissistic Sociopath (N/S)
Think you can spot a sociopath/psychopath? Think again.
According to experts, this behavior affects 3% to 5% of the population, which could mean more than15 million people in the USA with these characteristics, or up to 1 in 20 people – higher percentages than one might realize.
In general, psychopaths come from all walks of life. They’re our friends, lovers, co-workers and leaders. They’re outgoing and persuasive, dazzling you with charm and flattery. Knowing the profile characteristics might help you to avoid being scammed or hurt by someone you trust. Or, you might already be in a situation and are confused by the others behavior. Be aware of the characteristics. Be smart.
What is a narcissistic sociopath?
- A narcissistic sociopath is someone with a combination of narcissistic personality disorder and definitive behavioral signs of sociopathy.
- People with narcissism are characterized by their excessive and persistent need for others’ admiration and positive reinforcement. They generally have grandiose opinions of themselves and believe they are superior to other people. Narcissists are also frequently convinced that they are above the normal responsibilities and obligations of everyday life, so they usually have significant difficulties maintaining employment or relationships as a result.
- The narcissistic sociopath has this type of personality along with a noticeable lack of regard for the rights of others and a tendency to regularly violate those rights.
One noted difference between a narcissistic sociopath and people with narcissism alone is that:
- The narcissist with the sociopathy reacts strongly and sometimes even violently to negative feedback. True sociopaths generally do not respond to criticism or care what others may think of them.
- A narcissistic sociopath is unable to tolerate criticism and needs constant praise, as well as deference from other people. Many with this condition present themselves in the best light possible and are able to easily charm others to gain their trust.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-narcissistic-sociopath.htm
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THE MALIGNANT PERSONALITY: These people are mentally ill and extremely dangerous! The following precautions will help to protect you from the destructive acts of which they are capable. To recognize them, keep the following guidelines in mind:
(1) They are habitual liars. They seem incapable of either knowing or telling the truth about anything.
(2) They are egotistical to the point of narcissism. They really believe they are set apart from the rest of humanity by some special grace.
(3) They scapegoat; they are incapable of either having the insight or willingness to accept responsibility for anything they do. Whatever the problem, it is always someone else’s fault.
(4) They are remorselessly vindictive when thwarted or exposed.
(5) Genuine religious, moral, or other values play no part in their lives. They have no empathy for others and are capable of violence. Under older psychological terminology, they fall into the category of psychopath or sociopath, but unlike the typical psychopath, their behavior is masked by a superficial social facade.
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Profile of the Sociopath
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- Glibness and Superficial Charm
- Manipulative and Cunning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
- Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as “their right.”
- May state readily that their goal is to rule the world
- Pathological Lying
Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.
- Not concerned about wrecking others’ lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.
- A Sociopath is always “pitting” people against each other. My Sociopath
- Smear Campaign: A Sociopath will always be smearing someone and inciting people against each other. Sociopaths do not want people to like or get along with each other and will try to “divide and conquer.” They will say odd things to people in the social group: “She doesn’t like you” or “She doesn’t want me doing anything with you.” My Sociopath
- Sociopath has a strange network of Support People ranging from “consultants,” to skilled-workers, to enabling co-dependents that back him up when he wants to go after his Target. Most of the Support People have their own Psychological problems. My Sociopath.
- No conscience. Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt.
- Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.
- The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.
- Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.
- Incapable of real human attachment to another
- Does not perceive that anything is wrong with them
- Authoritarian
- Secretive
- Paranoid
- Drama King: There is always conflict going on in a Sociopath’s life and it involves a “bad person,” “bad business” or “bad transaction.” My Sociopath.
- Callousness/Lack of Empathy
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Excerpts from Five Sneaky Things Narcissists do to Take Advantage of You
- The Idealization-Devaluation-Discard Phase – 1) Praise/pedestal, 2) tear-down, 3) discard.
- Gaslighting – a technique abusers use to convince you that your perception of the abuse is inaccurate. During the devaluation and discard phases, the narcissist will often invalidate and criticize your emotions, and displace any blame of his or her abuse as your fault. Frequent use of phrases such as “You provoked me,” “You’re too sensitive,” “I never said that,” or “You’re taking things too seriously” after the narcissists’ abusive outbursts are common and are used to gaslight you into thinking that the abuse is indeed your fault or that it never even took place.
- Smear Campaigns – used to accomplish three things: 1) it depicts you as the abuser or unstable person and deflects your accusations of abuse; 2) it provokes you into responding, thus proving your instability to others when trying to argue his or her depiction of you; and 3) serves as a hoovering technique in which the narcissist seeks to pull you back into the trauma of the relationship as you struggle to reconcile the rumors about you with who you actually are by speaking out against the accusations. Best solution: NO CONTACT.
- Triangulation – In the book Psychopath Free by Peace, the method of triangulation is discussed as a popular way the narcissist maintains control over your emotions. Triangulation consists of bringing the presence of another person into the dynamic of the relationship, whether it be an ex-lover, a current mistress, a relative, or a complete stranger.
- The False Self and the True Self – The narcissist hides behind the armor of a “false self,” a construct of qualities and traits that he or she usually presents to the outside world to gain admiration and attention. Due to this armor, you are unlikely to comprehend the full extent of a narcissist’s inhumanity and lack of empathy until you are in the discard phase.
Website: Five Sneaky Things Narcissists do to Take Advantage of You for the full information.
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Excerpts from The Gray Rock method of dealing with psychopaths
“When dealing with malignant narcissists, psychopaths, sociopaths, borderlines, drama queens, stalkers and other emotional vampires, it’s commonly advised that no response is the best response to unwanted attention. This is often true and No Contact (the avoidance of all communication) should be used whenever possible.
There are some situations however, when No Contact is not feasible…
So, how do we escape this parasitical leech without triggering his vindictive rage? Gray Rock is primarily a way of encouraging a psychopath, a stalker or other emotionally unbalanced person, to lose interest in you. It differs from No Contact in that you don’t overtly try to avoid contact with these emotional vampires. Instead, you allow contact but only give boring, monotonous responses so that the parasite must go elsewhere for his supply of drama.
Website: The Gray Rock method of dealing with psychopaths for the full article.
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Inside the Mind of a Sociopath:
Excerpt from: “The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless vs. the Rest of Us” by Martha Stout Ph.D.
“Imagine – if you can – not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodlessness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience that they seldom even guess at your condition.”
…or – maybe, best of all – (you) create situations that cause them to feel bad about themselves. And this is power, especially when the people you manipulate are superior to you in some way. Most invigorating of all is to bring down people who are smarter or more accomplished than you, or perhaps classier, more attractive or popular or morally admirable. This is not only good fun; it is existential vengeance. And without a conscience, it is amazingly easy to do.”
“Provided you are not forcibly stopped, you can do anything at all. If you are born at the right time, with some access to family fortune, and you have a special talent for whipping up other people’s hatred and sense of deprivation, you can arrange to kill large numbers of unsuspecting people. With enough money, you can accomplish this from far away, and you can sit back safely and watch in satisfaction. In fact, terrorism (done from a distance) is the ideal occupation for a person who is possessed of blood lust and no conscience, because if you do it just right, you may be able to make a whole nation jump. And if that is not power, what is?”
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Overview (Written by Derek Wood, RN, BSN, PhD Candidate)
There currently is no form of psychotherapy that works with those with antisocial personality disorder, as those with this disorder have no desire to change themselves, which is a prerequisite.
Over time, she says, “their appearance of perfection will begin to crack,” but by that time you will have been emotionally and perhaps financially scathed.
Taken in part from MW — By Caroline Konrad — September 1999
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATIVE LINKS:
National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE (7233) ~ http://www.ndvh.org/
www.abusesanctuary.blogspot.com
The Gray Rock method of dealing with psychopaths
MEDICAL CORNER …. What is a psychopath?
This Charming Psychopath: How to spot social predators before they attack
3 Signs of an Inconspicuous Predator in Your Midst
Naming the social predators among us
Dating Emotional Predators: Signs to Look Out For
Emotional Predators and How to Avoid Them
Identifying the Predator: Spiritual, Financial, and Sexual Abusers
20 Early Signs to Recognize Online Predators
5 Surefire Signs You’re Dealing With A Psychopath
The List of Psychopathy Symptoms: Hervey Cleckley and Robert Hare
Profile of the Narcissistic Sociopath
Emotionally Abusive Men and Women: Who Are They?
10 Warning Signs That You’re Dealing With a Sociopath, Narcissist, or Psychopath
12 Signs You’re Friends With a Psychopath
Top 18 signs that you were dating sociopath
Identifying a Narcissistic Sociopath
8 Signs You’re Arguing With A Psychopath
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Submitted on 2015/04/11 at 4:58 pm | In reply to jacqueline.
The people that she has connections are in the same boat that she is. |
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Submitted on 2015/04/09 at 12:06 pm | In reply to Debra Salinas.
Oh my gosh, Debra! I’m so sorry you suffered through your husband’s hateful sickness. I’m glad you left him and started a new life, a new adventure. I want you to know that you are not your experiences. That horrible situation and your ex-husband do not determine your True Worth, an Eternal Spirit, loved by God now and forever. You are a fabulous being and you are now at the stage of freedom where you must decide to make your own choices in order to create the life you desire. Never give that freedom of choice away! First, envision what you want as a desired result in your life, then work backwards to determine what choices you make (cause), to result in your chosen goal (effect). You can do this. And never, ever, give away your freedom to choose for yourself. That right is yours alone. Remember, you are loved and you are love. God bless you. |
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Submitted on 2015/04/09 at 11:03 am
OMG,,,, I just escaped from a sociopath. My husband, Tom Salinas who terrorized me and had total control of me. I was under his control for 12 years. The last time he may me,.he broke both my arms. He then the me to the floor,.Brooke my phone so I couldn’t call for help. After he broke my arms, he walked up to me . I looked up st him and started.being him to help me. I was so vulnerable and unable to protect myself from him. I put my arms under my body. I was so scared he would try to pull me up by arms, which was his usual favorite form of beating. Pull me up and throw me around. My arms were so badly broken, Mr hands were useless,they just kind of flopped outward at an unnatural way. I was crying begging him to please help me. But my sobbing and begging seemed to make him feel bigger, almost God like. He didn’t help. Instead, he began to kick me.in my face. He kept kicking me for about 5-10 minutes fracturing my face in three places. Ignoring my cries of pain. I began to yell for help. We lived in an apartment. I began yelling he was beating me and both my arms were broken. No body responded. Desperate,.I changed my cries from “Help!” To “oh my God, Herr just set the the house on fire. Somebody please call 9-1-1. Oh my God fire!” He stopped kicking me.and grabbed my l hair backward so I was looking at him. I swear I was looking at the gave of Satan. He was almost put oh breath when he.asked me if I was going to stop screaming. I nodded yes and and as soon as let go of my hair, I jumped up and ran out of the apartment. Every one who lives in the building was outside and told me 911 was on the way. I was hospitalized for over two months and after weeks in casts, both my arms had to be rebroken and plates and screws were used in both arms. That’s what holds my hands to.my arms. I stayed away from him for 14 months. He was indicted by the grand jury.who changed him with four felony counts. He found me a couple weeks before the trial and kept me from testifying. But that is a whole new story. He never apologized. He says I made the whole thing up in my head. He tries to get me to believe I fell. Six weeks ago, I escaped (again). This time it’s different.. I know who and what he is.. Sociopaths get their victims away friends and family and use brainwashing behavior so we can’t get away. I’m healing well. I filed for divorce and have a strict no contact order of protection.for a year. I moved to a different part of town and my address is strictly protected. Anyone who thinks they are being victimize. And under the control of a sociopath, get out NOW!!! I escaped with only two suitcases. I left my car and a house full if furniture. That was something I I didn’t want to ssh. He has everything. I don’t care about those things any more. He was found to kill me if I didn’t just run. Also, if you’re ever attacked,v dint cry for help, yell “Fire!” People will respond quick and fast cause fire invokes their safety. Tom Salinas is from Chicago. He lives in Tempe.Arizona. Getting caught up with him may cost your life. He is charming and romantic and cleans up well, I’m so happy to finally be free. II used to think the good times were and how loved and desired he mate me feel, the abuse was worth it. Not now. I wish I had escaped years ago. I lost so much. My marriage and all he made me believe was never real. . I was never a wife, I was only his victim. All lies and deceit. |
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Submitted on 2015/03/30 at 3:15 pm | In reply to Andrea Harris.
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Submitted on 2015/03/30 at 1:29 pm | In reply to Gabriel.
What kind of a moron are you? |
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Submitted on 2015/03/30 at 1:12 pm | In reply to Ann.
Thank you Ann for your valued help on this. I truly feel my heart go out to you, the pain I have in me from the last 7 years is hard to describe and it’s become just as difficult to get over. I am still haunted by him, he continually keeps emailing me, even without a response from me in the last months we have been apart, still trying to put me down, or taunt me that he will pay back the money he owes me, or saying things like “i bet you can’t stop thinking about me, i bet im on your mind every day, good or bad, you think of me hahaha” – God help us. I hope we never experience or have the misfortune of encountering others who are this way. It’s taken such a toll on my life and emotionally that 10 months later, i still am having a hard time to trust anyone or move on or even go out to enjoy life.. i’m still in a state of shock. I wish you well and after 30years i salute you for the way you have been able to move on with your life. God bless. |
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Submitted on 2015/03/27 at 7:50 am | In reply to Debra.
Please do NOT waver… do NOT go back. Seven years is long enough unlike myself who actually married such a man, had a family and lived a hell on earth for 30 years before HE found HIS soul mate and dumped me and the two children left at home telling them he had raised his family and now had a new one. Being in a business of our (excuse me HIS own) he was able to manipulate funds and such so we ended up with nearly nothing to live on, refused child support and threatened my safety should I seek it… of course there was no alimony He tricked me into signing a legal paper giving me almost nothing. Even divorced he continued to be a threat both to me and our two youngest sons and until I met my present husband was, IMO, a danger to all of us. Don’t regret the 7 years you lost. Be thankful you didn’t marry him and rejoice you have life left to start over. |
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Submitted on 2015/03/12 at 10:00 pm | In reply to Chalie.
Of course you realize that it is your choice whether or not you continue to date that person. What do you choose for the kind of life you want for yourself? |
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Submitted on 2015/03/12 at 11:42 am
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TRUTH 
November 28, 2015 at 7:11 pm
Twelve years of my life. I don’t know what happened, how or why. I’m not a stupid person. I don’t feel gratitude for knowing now, for knowing better. I want to go back in time to when I didn’t know. This is not me, I’m naturally curious. I have an analytical mind, I love to learn. But I don’t want to know this. I don’t want to face all I have lost.
I find myself completely broken by this person, physically, mentally, emotionally. I’m in chronic and constant physical pain and am deeply depressed and suicidal. I have no friends or family, even my dog has been taken. No job or money or car. I am wholly defeated. And yet, I still love him. Though my head knows better, my heart doesn’t. I’m so confused. I don’t know how to recover from this. I pray all the time, every breath is a whispered prayer for help, comfort, strength, guidance.
I’m so lost, I don’t even know what questions to ask. I just need help. Please. I don’t want to die but I don’t know how to live in these conditions, with this pain, with the reality of what I’ve suffered. They are gone but still in my head, counseling me to give up; in my pain, pinching and stabbing me, reminding me that this is what I deserve; in the bags beneath my eyes and the creases around my mouth. Undeniable denial.
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November 28, 2015 at 8:11 pm
My heart aches for you and what you’ve experienced. You say you don’t know which questions to ask, but I have some question for you:
1) You say this is what you deserve. How could anyone DESERVE what you are living? Please explain what you mean.
2) What do you want for yourself? Go beyond the superficial wants to your REAL wants. This might take time to answer. But until you know what you want for yourself, you won’t make the right choices to help you get there. You’ll keep making bad choices that end in bad results. Do you want to change that?
3) You say you still love him. What do you love about him?
4) THIS IS CRUCIAL! Do you love yourself? If not, be completely honest, because if not, and it seems from what you say that you don’t, then with your willingness to change, we can work on your feelings of self worth.
5) You are not broken. You might feel broken, but the real, wonderful, strong, wise you is still inside you in connection with your Higher Power that has all of the answers. Your experiences do NOT define who you are. Your experiences are life-lessons. What life lessons do you feel you have learned from all of the last 12 years? Do you really choose (and it is your choice), to live the next 12 years in the same, painful, degrading drama? To what purpose? Would you like your life to improve? IT IS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. BUT YOU HAVE TO WANT IT!
6) No, you are not a stupid person, but you must WANT to make better choices. Until you choose, with determination through self-love to follow through on those choices, your life will only get worse. THAT IS ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO ALLOW THINGS TO CONTINUE AS THEY ARE!
I’m sure you are feeling lost, desperate and alone, but you are not.
For ONE, you are ONE with your Source, God, Higher Power, Divine Wisdom, Pure Intelligence, Unlimited Supplier (that supplies all of your needs, not a human!) You have access to this Power of the Universe 24/7. All you have to do is go within and ask for help from that Power. One of the strongest prayers is ‘help me!’. Then listen for answers and guidance. It comes. It always comes. Maybe not in the way you envision, but in a better way. Connecting with that Inner Power empowers you. And once you start feeling your own empowerment, the crushing feelings of depressions and suicide will evaporate.
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For TWO, research what is available in your area where you can go for help where you can start getting back on your own two feet and start becoming independent of that debilitating control that is crushing you. It will be a safe place for those who are abused, or a church, or… There is one there for you. Check it out.
For THREE, you must walk away. If you stay you are part of the problem. You are a co-dependent with the abuser. You are not a victim. You have the power to change your life. But if you choose to stay, then answer another question – WHY? What benefits you by staying? What do you lose by staying? Your quality of life is the big one you lose, and personally, I don’t see any benefits to your staying. If so, what are they?
Lauren, you can do this. I will help you. Jess will probably help you, and he is a reformed Narcissistic Sociopath – a rare happening – so he will have excellent advise for you. Listen to him.
You are not to do this alone. Go to your Inner Power, and I am here for you too.
God bless you.
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November 29, 2015 at 1:09 am
In answer to your questions: I feel that this is merited because I feel responsible for what I’m going through. Like, I was recruited to participate in my own demise, if that makes sense. I feel guilty and ashamed that I’ve been living like this for so long, unable to see what was happening. I think there was a willingness on my part to give up my power, piece by piece. I relented to his demands and gave up my friends, family, job, etc. I thought I was being taken care of and as I became more reliant on him, he became my center, my priority.
I want healing, freedom, peace in my life. I feel so shattered. Like he has taken root in my mind. He is gone but I am not free of the abuse.
I am so conflicted about the love I feel because I wonder if the person I love really existed. I love the attention, the conversations, the humor, just spending time together. He broke up with me and kicked me out after I started seeing a therapist. That was 5, almost 6, months ago and I’ve been so heartbroken. Telling myself, it’s better to have loved and lost, etc. It’s taken that long for me to even acknowledge the truth of the situation and I’m devastated, thinking he never even loved me but just used me all those years. It’s as if I have selective memories and some few key moments have surfaced.
I wish I could say I love myself but I’m fairly sure I don’t. I abandoned myself in deference to him and his needs. There are other issues at play. I’m highly sensitive and tend to internalize things. I’ve been deeply hurt by most of the people I’ve loved and trusted. It’s hard to think of it in any other way than to say I must be a magnet for this kind of treatment, these kinds of people. In that way, I feel I deserve this.
Lessons…I’m really trying to be optimistic with this one. Not to abandon myself or anyone else for the sake of any one person. Any other lesson that comes to mind is not so hopeful. Such as, never trust another human being, not even yourself. Love is only a means of controlling other people. I believe in God, that He loves me; but I suspect every person I meet, wondering what, given the chance, they might try to do to me.
I do want to make better choices for myself. I want a better life. It feels like, as a result of this, my world just gets smaller. I’m hardened by this. I want friends but I’m scared of being manipulated yet again. I think no one can be trusted; or, rather, people can only be trusted to be selfish and self-serving.
Thanks for reading and for such a prompt response. I appreciate the kindness.
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November 29, 2015 at 6:11 pm
Truth’s Responses to Anonymous L’s answers.
• Guilt and shame: I understand your feeling guilt and shame but you can start working on forgiving yourself for your choices up to now. You chose what you believed was right at the time. If you were in that same mental place now as you were then, you would probably make the same choices again. But you are not in the same place. You are in the beginnings of shifting your life into something far better and happier – more healed. What you will eventually realize is that, despite the ugliness of what you have been through, there is always a gift within, a pearl, a treasure that in some way benefits you. For example, those experiences made you stronger, wiser, encouraging you to turn to God for all of your answers and guidance. Those experiences contributed to your behaviors and thoughts today. But, you have a Great Power at your disposal, an empowerment, that, with your permission and allowance, will take all of those past experiences and turn your ‘now’ and your ‘future’ into something more wonderful than if it had never happened. This is probably a difficult concept for you because of where you are at this time, but it is the Truth for you. It takes letting go and letting God. Have faith and trust.
• What you want – healing, freedom, peace in your life. Everything you want is already yours to claim. You are already in the beginning stages of each of those. Now that you know what you want, start at each of those goals, and then work backwards. What choices might you make that will get you where you want to be? I think you know that in order to have what you want, you must change where you are. If you don’t like the results of your choices, then make better choices that will lead you to your goals. Every thought, every word, every action is a choice. The secret is to choose well. The most powerful choices will come in collaboration with God, Pure Intelligence, where you choose from what is perfect for you and there are no wrong answers. No guessing. No hoping and wishing. Straight to the Source. God is the Source of your Freedom.
• Whom did you love? An illusion. He was a facade, no depth, only pretense. He said and acted in a way to get you to do what he wanted – controlling you. That person you loved never existed. BUT, there will be a person out there for you who DOES exist. First, though, you must heal from within, with the guidance of the Great Healer, before you should consider getting into a new relationship. If not, you will go back to the same personality over and over. First heal YOU. When you do that you will become stronger, happier, more confident, and you will never again allow anyone else to try to take your freedom and your life away from you. You will make wiser choices. By the way, you didn’t love and lose. You loved and won. You won because you are a good person and you CAN love, you CAN FEEL – something your former abusive partner could not do. You are the one blessed.
• You are fortunate he walked away: Now you can rebuild your life without having to consider him or ever again argue with him. You are NOW free – free to choose. Yes, this might be a frightening transition for you, but you are not alone. The Greatest Power in the Universe is within you, loving you, guiding you.
• FEAR and LOVE: Reread your message. How much of your choices were fear-based? Fear-based decisions will never lead you where you want to be – the reverse, in fact. What is the opposite of fear? Love. You said that love is a way of controlling people. Sorry, but that is false. People control through fear, not love – whether individuals, advertising or government. See it for what it is and reject that fear-based control. Love is not controlling. Start with your very next choice and ask if it is fear-based or love-based? Fear-based will be discouraging you, pulling you back into the false illusion of safety. Love-based decisions will be encouraging you, inspiring you, leading you to expand your heart and life beyond that false illusion of safety that is really a prison preventing you from your true bliss. Love-based decisions lead to happiness and joy. Learn to tell the difference. Once you do that, you will be reclaiming your power.
• YOU are only dependent on the Ultimate Supplier – not on a human. You are not a victim unless you choose to be. A choice. Choose strength. Choose wisdom. Choose love – for yourself most of all. That is where your healing begins. No one is doing anything to you. You are doing it to yourself through your choices. You make the final decision. Choose well. Choose wisely.
I am here for you. I know in my heart that you are already on the road to healing. I know it, without doubt. Soon you will feel it too, but it might come in baby steps. Start journaling your days and you’ll begin to see your positive changes.
A final comment: God tells me that you are loved, unconditionally with without judgment – just as you are. Learn to love yourself like God loves you. God tells me that you are never alone. Separation from God is an illusion – a lie. You are always connected to your Creator. Open your mind and heart to that continual connection. ALL things are possible with God.
Truth
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December 5, 2015 at 10:43 am
L, That is the way the world is unfortunately, some people want to watch it burn, others want to see the best, its up to you to pick which one you want to see, im not claiming that ive been the best person as if you read the blog about me 5 months ago it shows how bad it can get, the only thing you can control is taking care of your self 1 day at a time, you are going to fall in love again, and no matter how hard you run from it.. it will happen, all we want to offer you here is the chance to see what kind of behavior you need to watch for so you can protect your self when it happens.
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December 6, 2015 at 8:32 pm
I’m not out of the woods just yet. Though he broke it off with me, he calls sometimes, late at night. Talks about other women mostly. I suppose I should just cut contact completely. The phone is a landline with no caller ID. He still gets some of my mail, has some of my stuff, including my dog. The worst part is how mentally twisted I feel, like he is a fixture in my mind, telling me things I think I need to hear…but I’m not so sure.
I appreciate this page and the advice and all. I’m just full of doubt, like pathological doubt. I knew, I saw; each time I offered the benefit of the doubt, rationalizing, one way or another, on his behalf. I held that knowledge so close, it was our secret. And now, in spite of what I know, I still have doubts. I fear that I’ve been complicit. Like I’m infected by him in some way. And the question you mentioned is posed in my mind: what should I do now? Choose love or fear? To use or be used? I know that my scope is limited. I can’t see beyond this pain. I don’t want to hurt others as he has hurt me but I don’t want to be hurt like this again.
Sorry, I’m lacking focus and direction. I’m in a mood. I’m sure I have questions I just can’t find the words just now. Thank you.
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December 6, 2015 at 9:28 pm
Be patient. Awareness of your situation, the truth of it, is a huge step in a healthier life direction. The best option for you is to cut off all contact with him. Walk away and live as if he doesn’t exist – at least not in your life. Does he know where you live?
Some suggestions and questions: You might get a phone with caller ID. You might get an answering machine and let all calls go to messages, then return the ones you choose. The mail: Make sure you change your address of all of your important mail to the address where you are now, OR, to a PO Box. Does he have anything important of yours, other than the dog? Things you can merely walk away from? After all, they are only ‘things’. Things can be replaced and cannot compare to your health and happiness. You come first. If you don’t have to worry about the dog at this point, then you can totally cut the connection.
As to the dog, do you want it back? Can you ask him for it, or make up some excuse to get it – like to take it to the vet or get it’s shots, or something? Then not return it? Again, does he know where you live?
You made a comment of ‘to use or be used’. Neither one is the correct choice. You don’t use, or allow yourself to be used. Both of those are fear-choices.
I realize you are full of doubt. Change itself can be fearful – moving into the unknown. That’s where Divine Guidance, truth and faith are crucial. Divine Guidance has all of the perfect answers for you. All you have to do is ask. So simple. Don’t allow ego to convince you otherwise.
Your choices are not limited. BUT your first choice, your priority, is YOU. YOU are the only one over whom you have control. YOU are the one who makes the choices that determines your life. Your choices brought you to where you are now. For a better life, make better choices. You say you lack focus, so Focus on YOU. That is your ONLY focus right now. You are what matters.
Start a list of what you want for your life – you said peace, harmony, and love. Choose those. Hoping won’t get you there. The right thoughts, the right choices, the right actions will get you there. Be strong. You are not alone. Start calling on the Power of the Universe to fill you with that Power, that Pure Intelligence, that will lead you to the best life for you. Choose love for you. He will not provide that for you, ever. Only you can choose that for you. Your Unlimited Supplier, the Great Love, supplies all of your needs – not a human. Do not be dependent on anyone or anything outside of yourself.
You can do this. You have a strength you don’t yet realize you have, but it is already inside you. Call on that strength. Allow it to pour into you. Use it. That is what that Power is for. For YOU. To help you focus, to get you started, start and end your day with meditation and/or prayer. You will get to the point where you pray constantly in that you turn everything over to your Higher Power.
Don’t give up. The rest of your life starts at this moment. Choose wisely. Choose YOU.
Truth
Start right now.
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December 13, 2015 at 10:52 pm
Hes going to use other women to try and make you feel bad, the truth of that is, hes lieing about them, most likely hes made them up, the entire situation just to make you feel bad, hes going to make the other girls seem perfect, and they will not have any of the “flaws” he made you think that you had. The truth is you made the right decision and hes trying to drag you down for it.
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December 14, 2015 at 12:51 am
Thank you for this. He’s been calling lately and it’s felt like much of what he says is trying to gauge my reactions and pull me back in. If he’s not talking about other women, he’s saying how depressed he is, even threatening to hurt himself. It’s like, I see what he’s doing but I can’t stop myself from caring. He asks for my help, I offer advice and empathy, then he rejects me again. It’s dizzying and infuriating.
A question for you, Jess, is about the types of people you were with. Did you choose people you perceived as weak? Or did they have particular strengths? Did they have any common traits? I’m asking because, I know I have a lot of work to do on myself, my self-esteem, self-love, confidence, trust. I can’t shake the feeling that I may have been broadcasting aspects of myself that were attractive to this type of person. He’s not the first. I’d like for him to be the last.
Another question, about your recovery. I read about it and you said that you found yourself in a unique position wherein you were able to see things from a fresh perspective. I don’t guess those conditions could be reproduced for another person. It seems like this kind of work, picking up behavioral patterns and facing harsh truths, takes a lot of commitment and motivation. Where does that come from for you? What drives you to want to get-and stay-better?
Another still, sorry. And I know you don’t speak for all. Did you struggle with disturbing thoughts? Did you share them? Or am I in the wrong line of questioning? Perhaps I should be asking instead if his threats of self harm are even legit or is it just another way of manipulating me?
Thanks again.
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December 21, 2015 at 9:55 am
At first i looked for people that were co-dependant because they were the easiest to control, but as i gained a better understanding of people i understood what drove people and i could pick apart pretty much anyone using a persons natural guilt reflex, everyone with this disorder has their own agenda, he might simply be after you for your looks, could be because you are the friend with someone, it is possible it has nothing to do with who you are or anything you project. Ill be honest the easiest girls for me were ones just coming off of a broken relationship, especially those where women felt neglected, which does cause by default some co-dependancy because it causes a need to feel desired again. In your case i think you may get drawn to this type because they will project alot of confidence and charm and they will quickly if not almost force that they will never neglect you.
I had to face the fact that i was a bad person, i had to look at some of the darkest things ive done, examine those things, and the 1 answer i can look back at is the thought that i had. “How could anyone be ok with the things ive done to another person.” I just want to be a better person, for my self, i think what allows me to continue with my change is that fact, i dont care what anyone else thinks of my change, im doing it so that i can look at my self in 10 years and say i honestly gave it my best shot, and i was the best person that i could be under my own power, and thats my goal, to be a better person to my self, and by default everyone around me will see a better person to be around.
You honestly dont want to know the kind of thoughts i had, they are most likely things that you would never consider. However, that said, he will never hurt him self, he will use it to make you feel guilty, he thinks WAY to highly of him self to hurt him self, everyone with the disorder does, they are way to important in their own mind to give it up by ending up in the hospital under their own power. Hes playing your natural guilt reflex, and no offense intended this is just my observation, you are biting on it like i made many many women do.
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April 29, 2016 at 11:33 am
I have noticed on this site you only speak of narcissistic sociopath being in a romantic relationships. Like narcissistic sociopaths do not target family and friends, they do. I have a narcissistic sociopath in my family. They have all the traits listed above. I think is worst when its a family member and causes so much more harm and devastation. When it is a spouse or someone your dating you can get rid of that person out of your life and never have to deal with them again. When it is a family member and other family members are still under the veil and refuse to see them as they are, you are really lost and on your own.
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April 29, 2016 at 12:25 pm
You make an excellent point. There is a different kind of love involved with family than in one who believes they are loved by a person whom they later discover is cursed with a damaging personality. The most painful are the ones with children at risk. There are some posts on here from mothers and family, sometimes about a mother, or a father, or sister or brother or uncle, etc., but mainly posts from disillusioned partners. However, no matter the kind of relationship, it still hurts, it is still confusing, it is still difficult to walk away. With family it is challenging when you meet together for family gatherings, especially if you live in the same area. Even more so when you recognize the problem, but others in your family are blinded to the truth, or fearful to accept the truth.
I don’t know the relationship and situation, but how do you handle it? Much reaction to the challenge depends on the severity of the personality. A suggestion might be for you to be nonreactive when in their presence and therefore in control of yourself. Loving yourself. Only behaving with positive energy so that you aren’t caught in the negativity, that you aren’t triggered. This personality is excellent about knowing how to trigger different people in different ways. That is how they control. For you to refuse to react, and to not allow yourself to be triggered, helps breaks the cycle.
Of course, your greatest power is to turn it all over to the Inner Higher Power, that Pure Intelligence that has the answers to all of the problems, and to trust and depend on that Power. The answers will come. Your intuition is your Divine Guidance in communication with you. Listen, allow, have faith.
At some point you might even hand the family member a note with the http://www.truthlover5.com site on it. Not to say what it is about, but mentioning that they might be interested in checking it out.
I don’t know if the person is dangerous. If so, that must be taken seriously as to what is best for you. You are the only one over whom you have control. You can be the example for others through your right choices and actions, without proselytizing.
The secret is to remain non-confrontational and maintain your own control, with a positive self-love attitude and in continual connection with the Great Power. Again, I don’t know your particular situation, but you still might have the choice to walk away and go do something else that is healing for you – a walk, a swim – something you truly enjoy.
Please let me know how it is going for you. I care.
Truth
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February 21, 2018 at 3:33 am
i love this site a lot!
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August 7, 2016 at 1:04 pm
I have just left a five year relationship for reasons I haven’t understood till recently. Now I know he is narcissistic (sociopath/psychopath). All the things I’ve been reading describe him to T.
He has yet to call me In four weeks since I left. Everything is thru text and each session ends with him turning it all around on me. I havr found out that the entire thing has been inr giant lie. Now of course people are telling me everything. He has lied about his past what hr has done even people that he says he knows. Its to the point that I dont know if I can evem believe his name. And the worst is that hr has not acknowledged what he has done in any sincere way nor apologized for any of it in a manner that I can believe. He tore my soul apart killed my trust and wants to blame everyone around him but takes no liability. He begs me to come back and In the next breath tells me I have to answer for leaving and talking to friends. He can turn evil in an instant(and when I say “evil” I mean you can see the devil himself: hes had me cowering in corners at times while hes berated me for disagreeing with him). He has lied and used his daughter ti further his agenda with others so he still looks like Mr.Perfect and I have become the ‘Crazy Ex’. He has donr this with previous relationships that I’ve just found out about. .This has caused me to become stricken to the point that I cry all the time I question my selfworth and I think I would go back but I know he would eventually kill me. Every article I have read in the last three weeks tells me to move on but how do you move on when you have been mentally abused into thinking that there is no one else that will love you. ?.How do I get over what hes done when I cant get an apology or even an acknowledgement from him?.He truly beleive s that hes the victim here and there is no remorse for him basically taking away five years of my life.
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August 7, 2016 at 1:49 pm
You do what is right for you! You choose what will free you from your toxic situation. Don’t wait for him to make any kind of move before you start healing. He will never apologize to you. He will never acknowledge you. That is not part of his damaging personality. Don’t expect it. No matter how difficult a challenge, do not go back to him. Do not contact him again. You say ‘ex-wife’, so that means the most difficult part is behind you for you to more easily walk away. You also mention ‘his daughter’, which tells me the child is not of your blood, although you still might feel an affection for her. I’ll mention the child again later in this comment.
KNOW THIS! You are not alone. The Divine is with and within you always. That Inner Connection is where your guidance, healing and power lies. The Power of the Universe is within you and is continuously available to you if you will ask, give permission, and accept it. Think of it as a Divine Partnership with you. There is no greater power.
Your Opportunity: The positive direction for you and your life starts now, this moment, and goes forward. You now realize who the man is whom you allowed to control you for five years. You now realize that YOU are not the problem. You now have the freedom to walk away and build your life into the magnificent life awaiting you. To the contrary, he is stuck with his horrid thoughts and actions 24/7 – unless he miraculously chooses to change. No one can make that change for him but him. He is the one imprisoned. You may choose freedom. Choose it!
Your self-worth: Do you grasp how fortunate you are that you have the choice to free yourself and heal? Many, many women – and also men – don’t yet have that opportunity, including your ex, unless he chooses otherwise. Latch on to to that chance and change your life. Let me tell you about your self-worth and how fabulous you are. You are created by the Divine, the Great Heart, the Pure Intelligence, out of the exact same ingredients as your Source. You are created from love, from light. That is what you are.
from Divine Messages, Vol. 1
With Divine help, your self-worth is where you need to focus everything you have in order to heal yourself. Focus on this one thing. Get to a safe place, cut off all contact, and heal. Realize your magnificence.
As to the child, I don’t know her age or where her birth mother is, but if she stays with him, she is in danger or a destroyed life. Is there someone who is in a position to help her?
Consider the last five years as a challenging and difficult life lesson. Let it strengthen you. Let it be the inspiration to choose a better way for you and your life – a joy-filled life.
Everything you do is a choice – every thought, every word, every action. Choose well. Choose from within Pure Intelligence that is your true power – your Unlimited Supplier, not a human.
Love and God bless,
Truth
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December 13, 2016 at 1:02 am
Thank you. I have been dealing with this issue with my brother for decades. He was just released from federal prison and even denied he was in prison and denied he was convicted. Unbelievable! His destructive nature is amazing almost to the point of impressive if you you remove the the human destruction he has caused.
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December 14, 2016 at 11:47 am
How difficult for you and for those around him. As you know, you can’t ‘fix’ him. The only one you really have control over is you – being strong in connection with your Inner Strength. And to be smart. Practice self-love and do what is right for you. You can pray for him, but he is the one who must choose to change, which, from what you describe, is beyond his capacity at this moment in time. So, take care of yourself. The same for your loved ones connected with him.
God bless you. Truth.
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March 5, 2018 at 5:55 am
Truthlover5 I love you, and this article, It is amazing. I recently had contact with a narcissistic sociopath and needless to say I am so grateful for ending up here. It has done alot of healing especially as I have begun to see her again (she . People like that don’t know what they’re doing and it’s so nice to see that it was her fault not mine. Not to blame myself for everything and to actually ascribe blame to where it is due to her own personality and way of being. This has been such a blessing, and I thank God for you truthlover5. Thank you so much. Her coming back, if I’m honest, gave me a lot of hurt, and anxiety and also fear wherever I went because of the feelings of powerlessness and never being good enough that was in the relationship. The fake “friendship”, how everyone kind of “loved” her because of her “joy”. But she hurt me and … didn’t even seem to register it. And I kept thinking I was the one with the problem. 😦 Focusing on the perpetrator and their characteristics has really brought this to light and to life. Because without a basis of reality we are all lost sheep in the wilderness. BUt now I have this tool I can refer back to it whenever I feel slighted by a narcisstic person in my life – only 1 – and gain the strength I need from it. YOU Have been my empowerment truthlover5, more so than any narcissist ever will or dream of being. I love how you replied with such love and respect to the narcissistic person(s) on this page. I feel they need it, but their blatant disregard for human relationship and love – and true companionship – the essential neglect of another person’s NORMAL human rights which about everyone knows – except for these narcissists, is frankly super upsetting to me. I thought everyone was lovely, I never thought .. but I did. and It hurt me so bad. To say that a narcissist doesn’t have the potential to hurt someone they love is unloving and unkind – and most of all untruthful – I have gone so far with this narcissist in terms of loving her and trying to put her in the best light – but everytime she comes back or I am in her presence again – it feels like she is the queen bee and I am the lowly subject. Which is how it is with everyone around her. We’d like to think she’s just that great but the honest to God truth is secretly, inside, we all hate her. (not literally, but the fact that all we feel like disempowerment around her, yet no one could pinpoint it – they’re lack of knowledge prevented them from doing so) – says alot about the fact that narcissists are truly people who just want to be loved. and the secret weapon of narcissits and how they wield it – but also how lost and traumatised they themselves must be. I can only have empathy for them, and awareness of their deeply disturbing truth. Also, as I see you’re a Christian and a believer of Christ – to which I also ascribe the same glory and honour and name in all truth and being – I can say that I prayed super hard and landed up here. But I did, and all thanks to God, I realised this one truth: Why should I have to change myself for anyone? (FOr a narcissist that is – this was before I realised what she was and what she was trying to do – everyday was sooo trying because I would have to actually gird myself up to prepare for her onslaught of questions – her behaviour and dominance in conversation – so it took a lot of mental power at times to be with and around her – as she would always pinpoint me and come flying in my direction to exploit my weakness in the classic charming and superficial way, which I always was not comfortable with but was forced to feign okayness and happiness around her like she did to everyone else, because I trusted her … and thought she was something to be .. I realise now, was for her superficial gain.) I was in a dilemma – I was so upset, struggling and hating myself, and hating everything – but I didn’t know how to deal with it – with this person and how they made me feel. I don’t know how or why. and I landed up here. I just want to say that is has been an ABSOLUTE blessing! An absolute blessing to be here today. And I didn’t even know you were a Christian when I benefitted from this site. I just want to say thank you. THANK YOU so much. and you’ll never know how amazing it was, and how grateful I felt to both you and God, to think that one day he would use you to get to me in my suffering is amazing. The God that we serve. In Jesus name, let him be praised forevermore. And all things, ALL THINGS, subjected to under his feet. Including sociopathic narcissists and many others. Amen.
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March 5, 2018 at 10:59 am
I’m so glad for you that you were guided to this site and that the information has been healing for you. I was also Divinely guided – guided to offer this blog site because I, too, was confused and hurt by this unexpected type of personality. I’m glad that it has helped others while also helping to heal me.
I’m proud of you for your great attitude. You’ve not allowed hatred to fill you, which is often the result with these type of personality traits. Anger and hatred, if not released, only harm the one feeling those emotions, not the one against whom the anger is targeted.
Forgiveness is CRUCIAL to healing, especially self-forgiveness, which is often the most difficult to accomplish.
Also, gratitude – gratitude that you can choose to be and live the truth of who you really are – God’s love in action – no matter the other behaviors going on around you. How they respond to your being love in all circumstances is their choice and not your responsibility. Your responsibility is to embody love at all times, which from your comments, is exactly what you are doing.
Good for you! And thank you for sharing. Your sharing will help heal others, too.
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September 13, 2019 at 3:38 pm
Wow, lots of excellent information! Great blog!
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September 13, 2019 at 4:32 pm
Thank you. I’m honored for the opportunity to help others
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March 23, 2023 at 7:20 am
Hello! 🙏🏼❤️
I am so thankful that I have found this blog! What a wonderful educational tool that’s been built in Love here on this website! I haven’t had the chance to read all the comments here, but from what I have scrolled through, I am able to see so much light. I wanted to thank everyone for being so open and honest while courageously sharing their stories here. You are all very brave, and I hope my intro finds you all are doing great things.
I’ve read the wonderful and insightful guide by Carolyne Cathey’s ‘Devine Messages From Jesus’ and I’ve also taken some time out to figure out how I’d like to share my story to this page. I have pondered ways I can creatively tell of the personal horrors I’ve experienced in a positive light. I’m laying my words at Jesus feet as I type because without that connection, my communications are faulty. This is my story without giving the entire autobiography:
I have been in a narcissistic/abusive relationship for 23 years. We have four gorgeous children, ages 17(b), 14(b), 8(g), and 4(g). It took us 6 years to become pregnant with our first baby, and during that time there were so many warning signs. So many red flags that I dismissed. I was 16, and he 18. He lived with his mother and stepfather, and I resided with my four younger sisters and our single dad while my mother was being housed at the county jail.
I met him one afternoon during a walk I was taking with my sister. He was standing on a corner hanging out with some other kids in the neighborhood. I was immediately drawn to his gazing he had at me. With my sister by my side I mustered up the courage to stop and say hi. He was cute. We exchanged a few casual sentences with one another before my sister and I continued our walk forward. We’d made it up the treck and back to our front yard. As we were walking up to our front porch to go inside the house, the boy I thought was cute was driving a car, making a stop in front of my house. I felt so excited. He asked us if we wanted to go to the park with him for a little while, and we did. He drove safe, he seemed gentle and kind and acted like a total gentleman. He seemed like he had a great head on his shoulders. He told me the car he was driving was his. He worked. He got us home before dark. After that afternoon, we became friends. We would hang out almost daily. I grew to be openly head over heels for him but I could never gauge the way he truly felt about me during the course of our friendship. I would have my sister give him notes asking if he’d date me- he would say no. I would have her try asking him how he felt about me, and she’d come back with nothing to say. Then one evening while we were hanging out, he started to make out with me out of nowhere. It started out just kissing but I soon felt his hands grabbing me places I felt to be uncomfortable touching. I asked him to stop out of the feelings being caused by the discomfort in my gut.
It took me 2 or 3 times to tell him, “no” before he left me to my personal space, but he did stop. He left me feeling very uncomfortable, and confused. I had no idea things would go that direction because I was under the influence that he just was not interested that way; only that he cared for me like a good friend. I didn’t know how to feel. I knew the way I was handled was inappropriate, but I also felt good in a sense, because I did like him. I wanted him to like me, too. In a way I felt accomplished. I’d been trying months and months to get this guy to be my boyfriend. I told myself, “You are into him and you liked him doing that to you.” “He must REALLY like you, like you like him.” I passed the seriousness of the violation easily off and the next day, I was back to being friends with him. He couldn’t get me to go away. He seemed to value my friendship and want my company, so we continued to hang out and one day soon after, we started dating.
I found out the car he was driving around the neighborhood was his parents car, and he didn’t have an income afterall. He would pressure me to have sex with him, but I wanted to take things more slow. Then one day, out of the blue, he questioned me and got me to speak on my childhood rape. I was taken by his curiosity and concern surrounding it. It was something that happened and that I had put away deep inside and never told anyone about. I had only ever tried to tell my parents about the incident, but when my rape account took place; I was such a little girl that I didn’t know how to express my words so they understood what had happened to me. As years went by, as long as no one knew my secret, I was just like everyone else…”seemingly” never being sexually abused before. For the first time, a guy was asking me if I had ever been molested. More discomfort in my gut. But how was I feeling so much discomfort while feeling so comfortable with such sincere inquiries never asked to before? His concern seemed genuine. I may have been easily manipulated by the inquiry, which lead me to opening up to him and telling him my deepest, most dark secret. After what I thought was a heart-felt conversation of intimate value and risk, I decided to break and be vulnerable and have sex with him. My dad found out I was being sexually active so he took me to the doctor for a checkup and birth control. My testing came back positive for an STD. More discomfort in my gut. I was so scared and fearful. I felt disgusted and so ashamed of myself and I didn’t want to tell my new boyfriend but I knew I had no choice but to do just that. I thought that this would be the end of us. As I tearfully let it out, he “lovingly” let me know that it was not my fault. He told me that he gave it to me. He told me that he forgot all about it, but one of the girls who he was casually seeing let him know she had the STD. He told me that she made it sound like it wasn’t anything to worry about so he never thought twice because he wasn’t educated on it. I believed him. Easily forgave him, and made sure we both went into my doctor for treatment.
His mom seemed like a stable enough parent at first, at least from my child’s eyes. She made me feel loved, like I was her own. She did this by telling me that I would be a good mom one day and that one day we would share beautiful babies with her. She seemed to anticipate being a grandma, even though I was so young and still a school ager. She’d let me open up about my mom and she would assure me it didn’t matter because I had a mom forever in her. That made me feel important because at the time I was struggling with my relationship with my mom. I moved in, and was easily fooled by abnormal treatment I was dosed with immidiently. I was only allowed to eat certain meals granted by permission and if it wasn’t a good night to eat, I’d have to stay in his bedroom while they shared their meal together. He started controlling what I wore. He started putting blocks up so that I was no longer hanging out with my sisters and my relationship with my family started to go astray. Both he and his mom would let me know that my family were all trash and they were doing me a favor by saving my life and taking me in. I only felt important to them if I was trying to conceive. His mom would get tired of waiting for me to become pregnant and make comments that the relationship wasn’t going to work if I couldn’t have babies. Anytime I spoke up to defend myself, or anyone for that matter- I was made to believe I was stupid and that my opinions weren’t worth talking about. It didn’t take long, and they had remolded me into their very own creation. I became secluded, quiet, and compliant. His mother would watch him abuse me and allow it, and she would also use her own abuse against me, never once was I being defended by her son, or vise versa. He shot me point blank with a paintball gun. He’d throw me across the room, up against furniture and appliances. He drug me on the floor through the house by my hair. He would call me devaluing names and I often felt and was made to believe that I was easy, (looking back- I was way too easy). His mom seen the damage being done and started self medicating me with her old antidepressant prescriptions while taking me in to the hospital for blood work and ovary checks to make sure that I was in good working baby making shape. I was made to feel like I was a huge problem. I only had them at this point. My family had been disconnected from me. I felt my gut sick with discomfort and I made myself believe in their, “my” major issues while everyone else around me was okay, but I also felt cared about. They were “fixing” me. After all, if I tried to leave, he would beg me not to go because he loved me and was afraid for me outside of his scope. She cared because she was taking me to the doctor to not draw haste to my reproductive organs… Those were my red flags…HUGE ones. I sadly dismissed the gut messages I was receiving.
Between the years of abandonment from him, secret hook-ups, financial abuse, neglect, and domestic abuse…
My gut, my instinct, my God, God’s message, The Devine, and my husband’s patterns continued to rock my core for the next 2 decades and 4 babies later: I remember being pregnant with our fourth. He had just come home from work and my intuitional gut had been telling me not to believe him over a matter of a strange girl in his phone. I had been looking at her picture on my phone on this day, and when he came home from work and seen this, he snatched me from our bed and grabbed me by my neck and pushed me against our bedroom wall. As he choked me, hot spit hit my face as he shouted, “Something’s wrong with you! I’m calling my mom and we’re getting you help!”
This is his pattern: If I catch him, he tells me I’m crazy and tries to convince me that the proof isn’t real until I finally believe him. I recently stumbled onto some pictures of a different girl in his phone. He says he has no idea who the person is. He tried to convince me that the pictures were not of the same female. He tried so hard to convince me of his story about her that he showed the photographs to our 2 oldest children, (17b, 14b). He asked them if they thought she looked like the same girl, to which their response was; yes. After they gave their answer he then tried to convince them, saying, “What?! Are you serious? That’s not the same chick. It doesn’t even look like the same person!” He has since changed his story several ways to fit his agenda, since.
He’s insulted me and cut me deeply with his words. During the summer if I tan he calls me “Donald Trump, the orange man.” He calls me “Spaceman” if I don’t answer to him immediately after he speaks to me. He has made remarks that I am in a cult, and this is in reference to the free voluntary work I do for a non-profit for Mother’s and Children in our state. He’s called me horrible curse words, but this paragraph is all him joking and me being too sensitive if you asked him his thoughts on it all.
I know these are all negative paragraphs… but I’d like to shed light on the positive light in my life and let anyone who may read this know, I am grown from him. I’m thankful for the negative paragraphs because they built me. I’ve learned to defend the control I have over myself, even over the most biological norms I carry like breastfeeding. I’m learning how to fight right. I am now fully invested in a career that promotes natural infant feeding, both in the work place, and at home, or in public! Against his wishes, I blessed myself with work. After 7 years of studies, I have a hard earned degree in human lactation. I have started to tell my story outspoken, and I’m in individualized therapy, but my biggest resource I’ve had all a long; my gut instincts. They no longer take the backseat to gaslighting and abuse. I promise my spirit, I will listen to my great intuitive built-in communication source from now on, because it’s got the biggest Love for Me. My gut messages will win from now on. I will always question my own behaviors, as it is healthy to do. However, I know I never deserved what I’ve faced in my love life. I know outcomes are different based on the individual. I’m still at the moment, married. But I am far reserved in my relationship while I seek and obtain my resolve. I’m on a journey to build my freedom from a life sentence, and I will receive it. Sadly, I must make the hard choice to give up on obtaining his love and accept that the love isn’t there, and that it never was after all. Marriage IS Love. It is not a prison sentence.
I’m on a journey of self Love, and God Guidance. I’m sharpening my backbone. It will take time, but in my patience I gracefully accept only truth.
There is plenty more that I could add here, but I feel like the above is a rather good introduction for me. Thank you for taking the time to read my comment if you got this far. I’m hopeful my message will be received by another hurting spirit out there and that the great light shines to them and onto then, others.
I would also like to add, dreams are spiritual gift just like the gut is. During several occasions I have had lost Loved ones visit me in my dreams to send me messages. These messages were meant to wake me up. If you have visitors in your dreams trying to tell you something, just like the knots turning in your gut, listen. Those are spiritual messages. ❤️
Thank you a great deal, truthlover5. You are such a kindred spirit and true friend! What a truly magnificent creation and divine blessing from God that You are. ❤️
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