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In Jackson McKenzie's book, Psychopath Free, he writes, everything you once understood about people

did not apply to this person. During the relationship, you tried to be compassionate, easygoing,

and forgiving. You never could have known that this person you loved was actively using these

things against you. It just doesn't make any sense. And so you spent your time projecting a normal

human conscience onto them, trying to explain away their inexplicable behavior.

But once you discover psychopathy, sociopathy, or narcissism, everything starts to change.

You feel disgusted, horrified that you let this darkness into your life.

Everything clicks and falls into place. All of the accidental or insensitive behavior finally makes sense.

You try to explain this to friends and family members, but no one really seems to get it.

This is why validation matters.

When you come together with others who have experienced the same thing as you,

you discover you are not crazy.

You are not alone in this inhuman experience. It takes a great deal of time to come to terms with

this personality disorder. You end up having to let go of your past understanding of human nature,

building it back up from scratch. You realize that people are not always inherently good.

You begin to feel paranoid, hypervigilant, and anxious.

The healing process is about learning to balance this new state of awareness

with your once trusting spirit.

I'm Tiffany Reese, and this is Something Was Wrong.

You think you know me, you don't do you away. I'm Tiffany Reese and this is Something was Wrong.

The morning that the text came in, weeks later, that morning that the text came in, weeks later, that said the refunds have been issued, I get a text at 747 in the morning.

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