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Narcissism Meets Normalcy
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Sexual Abuse: Justice Came in A Dream

By Lenora Thompson
Sexual Abuse: Justice Came in A Dream

When the #metoo movement began, I applauded it! But I didn’t really think I had anything to #metoo about. When you’re brainwashed to “Live Symbolically” as if life is perfect…

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Narcissistic Brainwashing: How Larry Nassar Thinks

By Lenora Thompson
Narcissistic Brainwashing: How Larry Nassar Thinks

All your life, you think one way. Your family is fine. Normal. Apparently, love hurts. But you stay because your family convinced you that strangers would hurt, abuse and rape…

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Bad Babies: Of Dr. Dobson, Narcissists and their Demanding, Disappointing Infants

By Lenora Thompson
Bad Babies: Of Dr. Dobson, Narcissists and their Demanding, Disappointing Infants

“Our…totally self-centered and demanding baby daughter.” That’s how my dad introduced me to his readership in Chapter 3 of his book. And that’s the kind of bullsh*t my narcissists regularly…

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Going Rogue After Isolation: A Control Source for the Turpins, Cults and Narcissists

By Lenora Thompson
Going Rogue After Isolation: A Control Source for the Turpins, Cults and Narcissists

What do cults, narcissists and the infamous Turpins all have in common? They isolate their victims. And not just physically. Intellectually. Relationally. Spiritually. Emotionally. Every way. Why? To create a very…

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The Turpin Adult Hostages: Are They to Blame for NOT Speaking Up?

By Lenora Thompson
The Turpin Adult Hostages: Are They to Blame for NOT Speaking Up?

“Thank you for your email” wrote the Chief of Police in his Wednesday email to me, “The recent incident involving the Turpin family in California is certainly a tragic situation…your…

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The Turpin Children: Fighting the Misconceptions About Them, Homeschooling and their Future

By Lenora Thompson
The Turpin Children: Fighting the Misconceptions About Them, Homeschooling and their Future

Unless you’ve been homeschooled, isolated and held against your will — it can be easy to make some wrong assumptions about the Turpin children who were famously rescued from their…

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Smiling Devils – The Infamous Turpins and their Shackled Children

By Lenora Thompson
Smiling Devils – The Infamous Turpins and their Shackled Children

Nothing makes me more furious than when one human being holds another human being against their will — whether the victim realizes it or not, regardless of whether their shackles…

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Realizing Your Dream Life after Narcissistic Abuse (Pt 2 of 2)

By Lenora Thompson
Realizing Your Dream Life after Narcissistic Abuse (Pt 2 of 2)

As I wrote in Part 1, “Our narcissists defined us as a person wrongly and pressed us into a lifestyle that was inauthentic to us. They scoffed at our dreams…

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Re-Defining Your Life After Narcissistic Abuse (Pt 1 of 2)

By Lenora Thompson
Re-Defining Your Life After Narcissistic Abuse (Pt 1 of 2)

Every morning you wake up, switch on NBC’s Today show, eat the same ol’ breakfast, go to work, run errands, come home, eat supper, watch more television and go to…

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Rejecting the Helpful Narcissist (Who Always Knows Best)

By Lenora Thompson
Rejecting the Helpful Narcissist (Who Always Knows Best)

“But I made it better,” said narcissist Sheldon Cooper to Leonard on The Big Bang Theory, referring to the smartphone app they were developing together. “I don’t want it better,”…

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