Tag: narcissistic-abuse
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Episode 103 – Three Passes, a Tractor, and a Dribble of Water…
An Evening with Bully… There are evenings when you pull into your own driveway and wonder if you’ve accidentally stumbled into someone else’s drama series. Last night was one of those. I heard it before I saw it, the growl of a tractor idling. A steady, low rumble that somehow manages to announce, chaos is…
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Episode 102 – Sofa Watch 2025…
So, Saul decided to treat himself to a shiny new sofa. And as in typical Saul style, he didn’t just leave the old one out for the scrap man, he passed it on to me. A proper leather set too, with matching chairs. Honestly, it feels like I’ve gone from perching on a plank to…
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When the Narcissist Rewrites Your Story…
When They Lie About You: Smear Campaigns and the Narcissist’s Need to Win… There are few things more destabilizing than realizing someone you once trusted is lying about you. Not just little lies, but full-blown character assassination. If you’ve ever been the target of a narcissist’s smear campaign, you know exactly what I mean. It’s…
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Episode 81- Spare Light-Bulbs …
Episode 81- Spare Light-Bulbs & Spare Bullsh*t… Growing up, my dad always had an account at the local hardware store. Nothing fancy, just a little family-run shop where you could pick up bits and pieces, light-bulbs, batteries, a roll of twine if you needed it. Every month, he’d send me in to pay the bill…
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Episode 64 -Broadband and Bullies: A Lock-down Memory…
It was early 2020. The world was going into lock-down, banana bread was trending and I was outside trying to catch a bit of peace when he emerged. Let’s call him Bully. Because, well… you know. He marched out like a storm cloud in sensible shoes – the farmer kind and launched into a tirade…
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Episode 19 -How to Train Your Bully – A Misfortunate Sibling’s Field Guide
Because some family trees grow twisted branches… Ah, family – the great institution where love, support and shared trauma are all bundled into one inherited mess. But what happens when your sibling is less ‘dear relative and more ‘dictator with delusions of grandeur’? Enter: the family narcissist. Or worse – the garden-variety bully with a…
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Episode 17 -When You’re Not the Crazy One: Notes from the Edge of Sanity …
Why You’re Not the Crazy One: Notes from the Edge of Sanity by someone who’s had enough turf stacked on them to build a small fortress. There’s a moment somewhere between the third passive-aggressive text and the fiftieth circular conversation when you start to wonder: Is it me? Spoiler: It’s not. Narcissists are like dodgy…
UNDER THE WILL... OVER THE DRAMA... 