Part 2 of Dating a Narcissist

He eventually started blaming me for everything, saying I was always the reason he felt the way he did. He wasn’t working, but I was, and he would always say I wasn’t doing enough and needed to do more. Or that we never went out and did things together, but I was the sole income…

Toxic household

I can clearly remember the day that I started to clue into that my family wasn't your "average" family. In 2006 we had moved up the street from my mom's side of the family, my family that my mom had always said made her out to be the black sheep of the family. I see…

Hiding Abuse

Since I have been looking into trauma more and going to therapy and meeting and talking to so many others who have been through similar situations, I'm learning how common it is for families to swipe these things under the rug. How often people speak up and are silenced or after everything comes out they…

Flashbacks and Anger

This blog mentions multiple events of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. For 28 years, up until last year, I thought that other than my sexual abuse, that my childhood was pretty typical. Until September 2020 when I had my first therapy session and started opening up and learned that it was in multiple ways abusive,…

The Beginning Of It All

I'm going to start by saying that I talk a lot about childhood sexual and physical abuse in this blog. My story starts with me only having memories from age maybe 5 or 6 and up. And even still, it's scattered until I hit middle school. I remember playing alone a lot as a small…

My Little Introduction

Hello, welcome to my first blog! I'm super excited to start this new journey in blogging and letting this be a positive outlet and another way to help me heal, and if that helps anyone along the way, that would be amazing. I'm a 29 year old mom of two, married to a wonderful man…