“How could you do this to me?” “How could you sleep with my sister?” “How could you just walk out on us like that and never even contact us for months?” “How could you treat me like I didn’t exist?” “How could you hit me when you say that you love me?” “How could […]
Would you like to know what my garden is like? Before I tell you, why don’t you stop and close your eyes and picture in your mind’s eye what you think my garden looks like? That’s right, conjure up the image that forms when you think of me and what my garden might be like. […]
Will you ever recognise me as I walk towards you, rictus grin fixed across my face, eyes ablaze with love, passion and desire? Will you notice the way I keep you in my sights as my charm flows over you, seeping into your every pore and orifice? Will you take heed of the sugar-coated words […]
For the forty-second day in a row you arrive at work and find that there is an offensive voicemail waiting for you. “You left without paying and you will soon do so you fucking bitch. Nobody leaves without paying. Understand?” You replace the handset and feel the sick sensation rising inside you again. Why does […]
Devaluation. This period of the narcissistic dynamic is regarded as always part of the dynamic and understandably the worst part of it. Those who consider it as an ever present part of the dynamic however are over-stating its presence because whether devaluation appears at all and if it does, how it will manifest, depends very […]