The onset of Sean’s narcissistic injury and the construction of a double life. As his control began to slip, he shifted into covert devaluation and image management— splitting realities, rewriting the narrative, and laying the groundwork for a prolonged campaign of reputational erasure and psychological destabilization.

How I began recognizing abuse through videos the abuser showed me, and how he used trance states, suggestion, and dissociation to condition my silence and compliance.

How I strategized my exit from DV by installing cameras, finding creative ways to break the behavior loops an abuser implanted, and anchoring myself in the care of people who reflected back who I really am.