Whats Love Got to Do With It? Surviving Narcissistic Abuse
Betrayal, Manipulation, and the Journey to Reclaiming Myself What happens when the person you care about the most becomes the one who causes you the deepest pain? For five years, I was in a relationship with Spencer, my ex-fiancé. He seemed like my best friend—someone I could trust, someone I built my life around. But eventually, the cracks started to show, and I realized this relationship wasn’t what I thought it was. The moment I knew I was in a narcissistic abusive relationship was when I saw how everything felt one-sided. His needs, his priorities, and his agenda always took center stage. When he pretended to “understand” me, it was only to manipulate or control me. I also started to recognize the cycle of reactive abuse—how he would provoke emotional reactions from me and then use them against me, making me question my own sanity. He drained my time and energy, slowly pulling me away from the things that mattered most in my life. What is Betrayal Trauma? Betrayal trauma happens wh...