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The Holiday Hoover: Halloween Onward

Hoovering is horrifying. We’ve all experienced it and can attest to the fear and gut clench it brings. Hoover season ramps up during the Holidays, and Halloween has come to mark the beginning of the Holiday season. Yes, as early as mid October these parasitic predators begin buzzing and texting. It’s a sickening feeling when they reach out; our hearts pound, our stomachs lurch.

They come out to haunt and hoover in attempts to remain in our lives. Especially if you have children with these monsters, they seem to hang on. They aren’t checking in because they care, but to see if they can get more, and most importantly to make sure that they are safe! – Let’s talk about that.

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After No Contact: What’s Next?

After no contact we might think things are going to be amazing! Things are amazing all right. But maybe not in the way we hope or expect or might have assumed. The truth is after bravely going no contact, all of us feel relief and…like poop. At first. And at the same time.

Right along with feeling better…we feel…worse? Or a different kind of “bad”. It’s different than before going no contact, but it isn’t magically all better. So what’s it like after no contact? Let’s talk about it.

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