Others are given a short number of months to live.
All because they answered one simple text.
Luckily for me, the public intoxication charge was thrown out and I was back to teaching the next school year.
However, the humiliation alone was enough that I had to temporarily go on medication. Not to mention the major self-work I had to perform to get over the shame and disgrace of my experience.
But not everyone is as fortunate. Lives are ruined because targets of narcissistic abuse eventually fall prey to the uncontrollable need to defend themselves, make their narcissistic partner see their point of view, tell the narcissist how hurtful they’ve been, engage in magical thinking, and various other temptations that go along with being in a relationship with a person devoid of a conscience.
If you’re reading this article, it most likely means the narcissist has crossed lines, trampled boundaries, and destroyed parts of you that feel irrecoverable.
I’m here to tell you that your chronicle won’t be the one that defeats all odds. You won’t be going to your friends and family with the success story of the century.
As hard as it is to go No Contact, what’s even harder is what happens when you don’t. The lies and cheating will get worse, the abuse will get worse, and if you have children, they will grow up with very unfortunate beliefs about what relationships are all about.
Going No Contact feels crappy. Some even equate it to death. But the good news is that as horrible and crippling as it feels in the beginning, there is an end to it. The body and mind have enormous wisdom. They know how to heal themselves. Give them the opportunity.
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