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Life in the Aftermath of a Narcissist (Romance Stew) [Kindle Edition]

Becky Ruff-Reed

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This time of my life, after marriage to a narcissist, had been a trek through the bowels of the Twilight Zone. I found myself in an alien land - the wife of a man who later presented as bipolar, his invalid mother with Asperger's Syndrome, and a bipolar and alcoholic adult son. I was ill prepared in my enthusiastic dash for one final chance to have love with all the trimmings. The close dynamics in which I became enmeshed along with my spouse left me feeling as though I were drowning in a black hole of unrelenting need.

Letting all my financial holdings be liquidated, always with the promise of "we have the rest of our lives to make this up," I was left out-in-the-cold when I refused the final beseiging to sell my tiny house. The world of narcissism left me exhausted and frightened - there was no empathy for me as a being. I was only a tool to be used. Suffering relationship Stockholm Syndrome, I was cut from the clan as coldly and precisely as if it were a surgical incision. I was no longer valuable to these people.

It was a long journey back to find myself. The strange morals of the group always left me feeling out-of-focus. There are many of us survivors and we are taking steps to reclaim our lives.




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Had your own personal "Katrina"? Sure sounds like it! 2 May 2011
By Laurel Stark - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
It is darned sad that women have no way of seeing a broadside of this magnitude coming. There are PREDATORS out there ladies, so be cautious who you bare your soul to! Remember, " ..it is by their fruits ye shall know them!"
They are practiced liars and unscrupulous cheats; like the physical abusers, they are always sorry, but then they do it all over again!
Get to know more about the men you date than they know about you! I think background checks may be the coming order of the day, along with credit reports and employment history! Walk softly, but carry abig stick was really good advice then and now!
We can all relate to this story, and hopefully avoid the same catastrophy by learning from another's mistakes. God Bless you for sharing your painful experience with a very selfish,self centered, cruel person.
Good First-person Advice 4 May 2011
By Tonette Joyce - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Again, Becky Ruff Reed opens her heart and mind in a no-souls-barred, didactic confession, adding to her already much-encompassing work on relationships.
Here is her first-person, step-by-step account of yet another pitfall in the life of a romantic and how, even with her great experience, she was pulled into the whirlpool of a narcissist through a whirl-wind romance.
In this brutally honest work, Ms. Reed shows how her own needs and desires drove her to enter into too quickly, get involved too deeply and stay involved far too long in a no-win situation; living with a narcissist.. She narrates her story of the changes the negativism shown to her affected her life, polluting every aspect of it, to the point of her nearly losing everything and everyone, including her very being.
Although she owns her own failings in how much of her relationship played out, she now allows herself to see that she was indeed victimized, manipulated and made to feel that all depended on her responses, which were never enough; in her husband's eyes, the responsibility of promises,(real or implied), broken to her were her own fault: narcissists expect everyone and everything to revolve around them, without their ever considering the needs, wants, disappointments and selves of those they use.
Narcissists of both sexes are out there to prey on others, on other people's hearts, souls, bank accounts, health and happiness. In a `Don't-Let-This-Happen-To-You lesson, Ms. Reed clearly shows how to recognize a narcissist and how not to be pulled down by one, sacrificing yourself and loved ones in the process, and how to extricate yourself if you find yourself in a situation similar to hers. A truly brave piece of work.

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