Brand New Excerpt From My Book - And This Excerpt Might Save Someone's Life!

When I wrote my memoir, I didn't just want to tell you my story and walk away.  I wanted you, the reader, to learn something as well.  I've had a lot of people tell me that even though my story is raw and sometimes hard to read, it's also relatable.  It's relatable in the sense that I write exactly how I talk - a little humor, a little sarcasm, but most of all, honest.  I want you to read my book and if you realize you are in the same situation as I was, DON'T follow my lead and get out NOW.  If you know someone who is in this type of relationship, talk to them.  Give them my book.  Contact me and I will send them a free copy of my book.  One of my missions in life, after writing my book, is to help those of you not only realize they are in an emotionally abusive marriage, but to help you get out of it!

I devote a chapter in my book to NPD.  What is NPD?  Narcissistic Personality Disorder.  Huh?  You've never heard of that either?  Don't be surprised.  I had no clue it existed until my therapist clued me in.  Below is an excerpt from that chapter.  Read the signs.  If they sound familiar or if you feel in your gut that the person you are with has NPD, contact me, contact a friend, contact a therapist, contact someone!  A person with NPD can not be changed unless they want to be changed.  However, the catch-22 is that a person with NPD doesn't think there is anything wrong with them in the first place, so why change?  See where I'm going with this?  It's one big circle that leads to nowhere.  Don't let yourself go to that place.  I got out and so can you.
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EXCERPT
Everything I did, I thought everyone looked at me as if I was worthless because that’s how Tyler had made me feel for six years. Then, right before my birthday (September), my mom asked me what I wanted. I started crying and said, “I just want to be me again.”

When I told Kate at my next session that I was ready to talk about the marriage, she pulled a book entitled Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition, DSM-IV, 1997, American Psychiatric Association off her shelf. “I want you to listen to this list and at the end, let me know if anything sounds familiar:

“1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g. exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)

“2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty or ideal love

“3. Requires excessive admiration

“4. Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations

“5. Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e. takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends

“6. Lacks empathy; is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others

“7. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her

“8. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors, or attitudes.”

I was floored after she read the list. Every single item on that list described Tyler perfectly. When Kate told me that she had just read the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) everything made sense. For the longest time, I used to joke with Tyler that the world didn’t revolve around him—a classic sign of a narcissist. I knew Tyler was self-centered but I had no idea that there was an actual disorder that fit him so perfectly.
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