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Did People Believe You When You Talked About The Narcissists Abuse You Endured?
Good friends will understand, and others will look at you like you are crazy.
Fortunately, my few friends are true friends, and my family has always supported me, even if they can be overbearing at times.
They more so questioned my sanity, not the truth. Hell, I questioned my sanity.
Because there is no way I could have made the shit up that was being done to me, it was god damn embarrassing looking back at it.
A true friend will know you well enough to know the truth. They didn’t understand the trauma bond or the addiction I had to a person who punched me in the nuts, slept with my best friend, played me as a fool, cheated on me multiple times, continually lied to me, and so much more.
That’s the thing; as long as they know you’re telling the truth is all that matters.
Because, looking back, there was no way to understand it without experiencing it.
You can’t understand it unless you go through it, and explaining it to someone who hasn’t experienced it won’t understand.
I don’t drop the word narcissism around certain friends and family. They don’t understand the term. And again, I’m not sure she’s a narcissist, but I’m about 99% sure she has several comorbidities in the cluster B spectrum.
I’m just thankful to be out of that fucking mess.
I am getting stronger each day.
In the end, you won’t care what people believe.
You knowing the truth will be enough.
