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February 10, 2014 at 7:36 pm #50724
Lily
ParticipantHi Chermich,
I am again, terribly sorry for how this person treated you. That is SO messed up, so very, very disrespectful. Needless to say, she has a LOT to deal with, a lot of growing up and dealing with her childhood and other issues. The sad thing about people and life is, they spread all their issues around and hurt people who care about them. Thats how it goes, for all of us. But that is also what will make us stronger and enable us to form healthy, nurturing and sustainable connections across our lives.
Chermich, you know that healing and learning is not a linear path! It never has and never will be 🙂 It will be 2 steps forward, 18 steps back..it it’ll be 2 steps forward, 15 back..before you are moving along faster and forward. Please dont let this get you down because one day, you’ll wake up and realise that you havent thought of her in…days!! Imagine that cause girl, it is coming.
Im sorry that this person hurt you so much – it is hard when they connect and then move on to someone else. It says a lot about them and their issues; their need for attention and approval; their inability to create and sustain true connections. I definitely think you should take this as something along the lines of “sometimes not getting what you want can be a wonderful stroke of luck”…I shudder to think how much pain this would have cause if you stayed in the relationship and this happened later (because it definitely would have, this is who she is). Please know that you are progressing and although it will take time, you will get there and you’ll know that you have more than what she could ever get (or ever will!)
Hugs
Lily.February 11, 2014 at 5:19 am #50752pk
ParticipantI’m going through something like you are, Chermich. In my case, my ex, I’ve discovered, is a narcissist, which is much more insidious than it sounds. I’ve been researching it the last couple of months. They lack the ability to experience emotions, including love. They can’t form a bond with anyone. They lie. Here’s a description, you might want to investigate the personality disorder, too. It was comforting for me to know it wasn’t anything i did or didn’t do, it was “simply” that my ex does not have the capability, to love anybody, can not,have a normal relationship with anyone. No feelings, no conscience…. And the disorder is more prevalent than I ever imagined.
“Some people diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder are characterized by unwarranted feelings of self-importance. They have a sense of entitlement and demonstrate grandiosity in their beliefs and behavior. They have a strong need for admiration, but lack feelings of empathy. A definite characteristic of a narcissistic sociopath is a tendency to view others not as fellow human beings, but rather as tools or means to an end. If certain other people are deemed unable to further the narcissistic sociopath’s given agenda, they are normally cast aside. People diagnosed with this type of personality disorder usually do not have boundaries when it comes to manipulating and victimizing others if doing so will lead to their own benefit. This behavior trait can usually make romantic relationships with a narcissistic sociopath particularly destructive emotionally, mentally, and often financially. Many former spouses or partners of these individuals report that recovering from the relationship can take a long time.”
February 13, 2014 at 1:04 am #50892chermich
ParticipantThank you Lily and PK for your words. 🙂 They were calming and comforting during a difficult few days.
Lily, it does feel like more steps backward than forwards sometimes! And it’s a nice reminder that I am growing for this, although it feels stalled or slow sometimes. I’ve been meditating more with forgiveness in mind these few days. Your empathy and words were a good reminder about the healing process, and what matters.
PK, my friends also suspected she had a personality disorder! She had told me once that power was the most important thing to her, and I’ve seen how true it was in her career and personal life. I couldn’t see it all those months, but now I see more how she wanted control, and would manipulate people out of curiosity to see how they would respond. One of the hurtful thing was how she went out of her way to make it seem like our bond was special, and how she would toy with her words and actions later on that had me confused. It’s something that we have to remind ouselves – it was them, not us. Thank you for sharing the information and perspective.
Here’s to healing!
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