Living My New Reality
By definition...Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which one person makes another person doubt his or her perceptions, experiences, memories, or understanding of events that happened.Pay attention to people who have to convince you of their character...I'm a good guy...You can trust me...I would never cheat on you...You can feel safe with me...People don't have to tell, upsell
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I got married at 25 and left Kuwait to live in Egypt.How exciting!I used to joke saying that I had done 25 to Life in Kuwait.Kuwait like many other Muslim countries is male dominant and very oppressive...like being in prison. When you live there you don't know different...it feels like home...it feels 'normal'.Egypt was going to be a breath of
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When I was in Mexico a few weeks ago a 22 year old resort employee asked if she could join me for lunch.The employees at these resorts like to practice English with the foreigners.She had a good command over English so we had a very interesting conversation.She shared her short life story with me and I shared some of mine...the
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My childhood friend Mahrukh Sutaria messaged me a few years ago and reminded me of a time when we were maybe in the 7th grade when she was seated next to me in class on our first day in a new grade. She said she was very nervous and anxious...she told me that I made her laugh and made her
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I had built my life on rubber bands and popsicle sticks...that resulted with me engaging with someone emotionally abusive...and stayed way past it's expiration date.A narcissist is sent into our life to shake up our wobbly foundation...they are just a catalyst for change...they will huff, puff and bluff till they blow your foundation down.I needed to stop living in an
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It still hasn't registered in my head that you are not a phone call away.Robbie played an integral part in my evolution as a human.He helped me remember how strong I really was...I had no choice...Like most of my other soul growth experiences...I had no choice but to be strong.Ironically...Strength is something we all have within us...but it only shows
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In Loving Memory of RobbieDied too young.Missed every second of every day.I met Robbie at the Harrison gym when we were both 28 and we have been in each other's life for almost 28 years .Robbie and I had a very unique bond...that most people could not understand.Ironically our bond grew after we got divorced.We were not meant to be
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Narcissists and Empaths are not born that way...they are moulded by the experiences around them and how they choose to deal with it dependent on their basic innate character traits.In the same household one child can turn into a Narcissist and the other an Empath...depending on how they process trauma.EVERYONE goes through trauma of one kind or another...it need not
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They should really teach Narcissism in high school...it would be much more useful than Calculus!Awareness is key against such people.When dealing with a narcissist you are essentially engaging with a lifelong Con artist, a criminal...but there are no laws governing their crime because emotional manipulation is not legally a crime.Most criminals are Narcissistic...they crossed the boundaries into illegal territory...there are
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Life is tricky...Experiences will be repeated till it registers and then some will still be repeated.Unknowingly...we make other people in charge of our sanity...Unknowingly...we give away our power to others by being too trusting.I had given away too much of my power...so much so that he used that against me to 'try' to destroy my stability...by tearing at my vulnerabilities
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