The Write Miz BarnzDec 11, 20216 min readThe Games They Play: How Narcissists (Try to) Make It Our FaultGuilt, shame, blame, deflection, play victim is like currency to them, a deadly game. The only way to win is not to play, walk away to live.
The Write Miz BarnzDec 9, 20217 min readLove at First Nightmare P3: Forced Admissions & a Fateful Encounter Story of narcissistic abuse that spanned nearly two decades with some estrangement. When we finally reunited, he saved the worst for last.
The Write Miz BarnzDec 7, 20216 min readBathroom Floors & Wine Bottles: I Hid the Truth of My Abuse In Alcohol & False 'I'm OKs'The devaluation & discard phase of narcissistic abuse was as bad as his rage. It cost me a couple of months of sobriety & nearly my life.
The Write Miz BarnzDec 1, 202113 min readSurviving Narcissistic Abuse & Gaslighting, While Facing Major Medical IllnessI learned that no matter how many promises they make or self-deprecating words they use, the narcissist has one setting: cruelty and abuse.
The Write Miz BarnzApr 23, 20213 min read'They Say': The Deady Cost of the Strong Woman ArchetypeI wrote this poem months ago, feeling lost, unseen, breaking under the weight of an impossible archetype that regarded not my own humanity.
