2016 Postmortem

uppityperson

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26. That is a great term and explanation.

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #25)

Sun Aug 14, 2016, 05:36 PM

Aug 2016

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I was in an abusive relationship [View all] uppityperson Aug 2016 OP

I'm sorry you went through that. sarae Aug 2016 #1

I wouldn't be surprised if his family tolerates all of that behind closed doors lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #2

Back To The Future 2 Wednesdays Aug 2016 #52

K&R. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2016 #3

... In_The_Wind Aug 2016 #4

I agree with you. fun n serious Aug 2016 #5

Lots of drama in the Trump household vlyons Aug 2016 #43

Very interesting point matt819 Aug 2016 #6

Some would call it toxic bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #7

I just got out of a 6 month 'relationship' with a narcissist ram2008 Aug 2016 #50

The best thing to do bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #51

I was raised that way. Google "gaslighting". Crash2Parties Aug 2016 #8

. KMOD Aug 2016 #9

Also was in a 12 year abusive relationship Canoe52 Aug 2016 #10

I was as well -- it was my father. Raine1967 Aug 2016 #11

So sorry you endured that. But you do profile an abuser, and Rump is one. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #12

i agree SheriffBob Aug 2016 #18

Yes. Exactly. nolabear Aug 2016 #13

Sometimes it's not that simple. Francis Booth Aug 2016 #15

No kidding. At some point you don't know there is a world where you can "just leave". Crash2Parties Aug 2016 #16

Oh believe me, I know. I didn't mean to imply it's simple at all, or even possible. nolabear Aug 2016 #19

My mother was also a devout Catholic, and that Francis Booth Aug 2016 #24

Yes, the churches were cruel to women in those situations. nolabear Aug 2016 #28

They didn't have many options. Even their own family Francis Booth Aug 2016 #39

I'm glad. Sometimes that makes all the difference. nolabear Aug 2016 #40

I attended a Catholic college RoBear Aug 2016 #44

Ah, maybe it was an annulment that would have been Francis Booth Aug 2016 #49

yeah RoBear Aug 2016 #53

You have a lovely day too. It was nice chatting. nt Francis Booth Aug 2016 #54

So glad you wrote this electron_blue Aug 2016 #14

I have often thought that the Trumpets are like enablers randr Aug 2016 #17

More than enablers SheriffBob Aug 2016 #20

I was there, also. Kath1 Aug 2016 #21

As I said last weeek in another thread Shankapotomus Aug 2016 #22

domestic abuse survivor here jodymarie aimee Aug 2016 #23

I haven't heard about that. Kath1 Aug 2016 #34

I see it exactly the same way: MrScorpio Aug 2016 #25

That is a great term and explanation. uppityperson Aug 2016 #26

He is a gaslighter extraordinaire. nt tblue37 Aug 2016 #27

If Trump is elected, all of America..... lastlib Aug 2016 #29

Fellow survivor....I completely agree with your assessment. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2016 #30

I too was in an abusive relationship worstexever Aug 2016 #31

Exactly. Figuring out why it feels so bad can help us not tolerate him but deal with it better uppityperson Aug 2016 #32

I too had a very abusive ex unapatriciated Aug 2016 #33

Agreed. Kath1 Aug 2016 #35

You got that right. amandabeech Aug 2016 #36

I ended up recording some phone conversations so I could check later, which I only did twice uppityperson Aug 2016 #37

I caught on to that late. amandabeech Aug 2016 #38

In another life, I'd call him Adolph. raven mad Aug 2016 #41

You certainly found your wings once you got away from it. I am so glad you survived!! marble falls Aug 2016 #42

I was married to someone who'd been through that. So sorry you had that experience Ken Burch Aug 2016 #45

Wow. rivegauche Aug 2016 #46

Amazing how repetitive and similar the behavior is. NCTraveler Aug 2016 #47

Google " NARCISSISTIC ABUSE SYNDROME " and " NARCISSISTIC ABUSE " NAO Aug 2016 #48