Author: TruthandLiars

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The narcissistic partner

by Isobel Richard In this time of uncertainty and isolation those that are still living with a narcissist or violent person please be careful and keep any emergency numbers close by.  Even if you rather have go and stay with a family member, you might be better off. I am now four years divorced from […]

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Parental alienation and Toxic parenting

The Narcissist and Parental Alienation of young adult children.

by Isobel E. Richard This is my story some of you might see some similarities to your own story.l Each and every targeted parent has their own stories dealing with the other parent who has fully entrenched, brainwashed and alienated our children from us.  My children are now just 18 and the eldest about to […]

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Constructing a meaningful relationship after alienation.

by Isobel E. Richard The sweet and sour of having your children back in your life after alienation. Each child and each situation is different but in my case both children were alienated in different ways, one with complete distancing and minimal communication with me, her father and herself keeping me out of any of […]

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Best illustration of an alienators actions

To best illustrate how an alienator and narcissist thinks and acts I am linking to some prose by Karen Woodall  She is a Trans-generational Family Therapist working with families affected by Parental Alienation. Link to her website here. I am linking to a piece she wrote called “ I am the alienator” Other articles from […]

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Parental Alienation IS Psychological abuse

The more parental alienation is exposed and all the role players that enable this trauma to understand that this is a genuine phenomenon that needs to be addressed. The better for our children and the trauma endured by targeted parents and a society who does not understand. I am therefore linking to an  article by […]

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Things Alienated parents should try not to do.

The mistakes alienated parents do is from two articles written by Dr Richard A Warshak. The link to the  articles can be seen below. Mistakes Alienated Parents Make: 1. Losing Your Temper Mistakes Alienated Parents Make: 2. Counter-rejection I would recommend reading Dr Warshak’s book ; Divorce Poison as soon as you realize Parental Alienation […]

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Toxic parenting and parental alienation causing lifelong harm to children

By Isobel E. Richard I have discussed parental alienation and there are many articles on this phenomenon, but the big dilemma is that even in 2019 the system cannot recognize, address and correct this problem which has been identified as far back as 2003. This leaves loving parents even grandparents isolated and erased from their […]

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The Narcissistic Parent

by Isobel E. Richard If by now you don’t know what a narcissist is the internet is rife with different symptoms and definitions and you can read one of my previous posts which cover some of this here. But how does it affect the children of a narcissistic parent. If you take into account some […]

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Gaslighting

by Isobel E. Richard For some reason I do not like the word gaslighting as I cannot picture the connection of the words to everything that this word encompasses. Wikipedia defines Gaslighting as verb and it means to “Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted […]

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Divorcing with dignity

By Isobel E. Richard A divorce is listed as one of the top stressors in any persons life. So it goes without saying that getting a divorce is not just a walk in the park. You have to understand getting a divorce is like having someone close to you die. It might not be a […]

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