Thank you for this response, Renee. It helps to hear from someone else who acknowledges the wounds of their CN (ex)partner, and how hard it is to walk away when you know how much pain they’re in – even if they don’t realize their pain. For me, it’s exacerbated by the fact that I am a psychotherapist, and I help so many people get healthier – just…[Read more]

I know that all of my children are dealing with several of these types of damage. It’s so hard to accept that I allowed them to be emotionally abused for as long as I did. Now that I’ve stopped enabling my CN husband, I’m now struggling with enabling my children in the effort to counter some of the emotional scarring they’ve suffered. I do…[Read more]