Whenever we’d go to a restaurant things always got weird when the bill came. — Babe, do you think I’m cheap? I remember my ex, Jamel, asking me this question one day after his brother had apparently called him “cheap” and his mother had called him “greedy” during an argument they’d had. I didn’t know Jamel well enough yet to say that he was. I…

He admitted to purposely impregnating multiple women because he was building a collection of supply. — In 2020, I had a conversation with a narcissist I know, named Mel, where he openly admitted to trapping his high school sweetheart with a baby — ten years after they had broken up. She wanted him back and he used this reconciliation as an opportunity to “lock her down”…

There’s only one way to do it — and it depends solely on reverse psychology. — This article is going to pick up where this article ends: Stop Asking the Narcissist’s Victims These Questions “Why are you letting a man strangle/abuse you?” — an actual comment on Mediummedium.com I‘ve discussed the dangerous consequences of trying to leave a malignant narcissist but at the end of that article, I mentioned that I eventually did get away from Dwayne. Now it’s time to tell you how,

I saw firsthand what a narcissist does after their primary source of supply dies. — Content warning: this article discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you or anyone you know needs help, please call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for help. Suicide is the unfortunate fate of a lot of narcissistic abuse victims. There’s only so much a person can take. There’s only so…

The illegal conclusion of the “Smokey the Bodega Cat” trilogy — In part two of this trilogy: Look What the Cat Dragged In Part two of the hilarious trilogy — Smokey the Bodega Catmedium.com We left off at the meeting over by the Taki section, where Smokey and I were about to discuss the events that took place in the first article I ever wrote about him, In part one: Introducing Smokey the Bodega Cat Snapshots of the manager at my favorite corner storemedium.com

Part two of the hilarious trilogy — Smokey the Bodega Cat — One of you told Smokey that I published his big secret in the previous article written about him: Introducing Smokey the Bodega Cat Snapshots of the manager at my favorite corner storemedium.com I know this because Smokey told me so, himself. I believe it was Vic because he read the article and had been trying to get back into Smokey’s good graces (aren’t we…

An honest look at what it’s like to survive a murder attempt. — My killer has no idea I’m alive. The event that took place on Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 is still shaping my life. I’ve only just started feeling safe enough to leave my house and travel farther than a one-mile radius from my house. I still can’t believe that someone tried…

Sometimes sharing your history of abuse is the smartest thing you can do — here’s why. — We’re told not to give narcissists too much information about ourselves because they’ll use it against us later (and this is true). But here’s one reason we should: Unmasking yourself unmasks them. The second I got even a little too personal I could visibly see the wheels start turning in…

When you feel the fear you don’t actually have to “do it anyway” — who knew? — We are conditioned to “be strong” by learning to deal with our triggers. We’ve been taught that this is “brave”. Like many, that approach has never worked for me. Being “strong enough” to co-exist with my triggers never brought me peace. Do you know what did? Removing the trigger, completely. …