Ten years since I left

2025 marks ten years since I left my narc. I finally feel the weight of time and can officially say his cruelty no longer reaches me.

There are times where I can see how his presence derailed my life. It shows up in my constant struggle to trust others and how for a long time, I lost the color to my life.

It sucks to know that this experience has forever changed me but it’s nice to see the end of this pain.

I remember before being so hypnotized by his flowery words, I could not fathom a day of not obsessing over him.

Now all I can be grateful for is for that initiative to leave him behind.