Through the Eyes of Survivors – Tips for Recovery

These posts are all written by individuals who have lived through abusive relationships with people with psychopathic traits. They are presented here because we believe they may be helpful to some victims and survivors who are recovering from relationships with psychopathic individuals. The specific issues in some of these posts may not be representative of the experiences of all individuals.

Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Inadvertent Gaslighting

Gaslighting refers to a process in which one individual is trying to make another person question their own reality and making them feel crazy through psychological manipulation. I experienced gaslighting by my husband during our marriage. For example, after many years of strife in our marriage, he agreed to go to couples counseling with me. We

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Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Lying and Duping Delight

Lying to Others I don’t really remember exactly when I caught my ex-husband’s first lie, but I do remember as time went on and I got to know him better I noticed that from time to time he would exaggerate when telling stories (if the fish was one foot long it must have been two

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Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Anger

Probably only a victim of a psychopath is able to fully understand this post. Those who have never experienced this kind of anger will likely see nothing more than words. But these are not hollow words. This is a perspective of one survivor; the following text describes only my feelings. It is crucial to remember

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Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Addiction

Probably only a victim of a psychopath is able to fully understand this post. Those who have never experienced this kind of addiction will likely see nothing more than words. But these are not hollow words. This is a perspective of one survivor; the following text describes only my feelings. It is crucial to remember

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Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Suffering

Probably only a victim of a psychopath is able to fully understand this post. Those who have never experienced this kind of suffering will likely see nothing more than words. But these are not hollow words. This is a perspective of one survivor; the following text describes only my feelings. It is crucial to remember

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