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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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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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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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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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Exiting a toxic relationship

by Isobel Richard How do you know you are in a toxic relationship? You just do, but the following signs may give you a good indication: Controlling Causes you to doubt yourself constantly Overly critical Isolate and alienate you from your friends and family No empathy or compassion This is a one sided relationship with […]

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Emotional Abuse

by Isobel E.Richard I was in a relationship with my covert narcissistic ex husband for 5 years before we were married. He treated me like a princess at first, put me on a pedestal and of course I thought the world of him. It lasted only until we were married, although there were obviously small […]

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Domestic violence – silent victims

by Isobel E. Richard There are women (and men) out there who are victims to individuals who are narcissistic or have some other similar disorder who torture their partners with emotional, verbal, financial and “clever” physical abuse. These manipulative individuals make their spouses lives miserable beyond measure by keeping them emotionally on a tightrope. I […]

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