"I don’t believe there is a simple way (to explain) because narcissistic abuse defies logic and reason. When I was caught up in it, I never got a decent response from anyone because it never made sense to me either. How do you come home from honeymoon and burst into tears, knowing that you are now married to a monster, yet he’s a shining example of super nice perfection to others? This immediately robs you of any plausibility. How do you share with others that saw you as a very strong minded, strong willed personality as now being dehumanized by this unassuming polite, gentle man? I’m sure everyone saw him as a try hard, and verging on pathetic and he’s managed to rip the rug from under you? Those who maybe picking up on ‘something not being quite right’ will draw back because, look what it’s done to you! It took me months after I left to accept that others are not going to understand unless they have been there. That’s how it is. And it’s best you get use to it. Call it abuse, name it, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, and physical abuse, but never expect others to really understand how it’s left you feeling and what you are coping with.” -Anonymous

Survival Diaries

"Defies Logic and Reason"