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So often during this recovery process, I have been told by others—those who have been targeted by sociopaths and those who have not—that it does...
“He thought of how he had been pursued and scorned, and now he heard them all say that he was the most beautiful of all beautiful birds. The...
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I survived an encounter with a psychopath, and I will never be the same. Those of us who can relate to that statement know that being targeted...
When you are thrown away by a psychopath, or when you choose to leave him or her, you are devastated and numb. You feel shattered, and you really...
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