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I was cleaning up some old files today, and found this letter I
wrote to myself sometime back. I was having a hard time with
self-forgiveness, and I was trying to come to a peaceful solution. I
had declared war upon myself as I am my own worst critic. I could
not forgive myself for many things including my actions and
reactions during and shortly after the relationship ended. I became
a hideous person for a short time, and I tried so hard to reconcile
that within myself. It felt as though I left one war zone (the
psychopath) and stepped into another (the war within myself).
My Dearest Mind,
How many times do I have apologize for making a poor choice? I'm
tired of fighting you. I am trying to show you that goodness will
trump evil, but you keep coming back with your yes buts. Just stop!
Look at how far you have come. He no longer invades your every
waking thought, yes he occasionally creeps in, but you have
successfully fought through the pain to show him the door when he
does every time without fail. Will you please take that as a win?
Will you accept that you did the best you could with what was
presented to you? Will you please once and for all forgive yourself
for making a mistake? I know that it sounds easier than it is, but
it needs to be done. You just have to trust me one more time.
It is my wish that you could see all your goodness. I hope you would
see how full of kindness and love you are. How you care for virtual
strangers with all that you have. Can you show yourself this
kindness as well? You tell me you know all of these things, when
will you believe them? When will you allow that forgiveness to pour
over you like the waterfall you once stood under? Your heart is
huge, yet you act as if you have no place for yourself in it. Trust
me there is plenty of room. I wish you would allow you the happiness
that you deserve. Don't you think you have punished yourself for
long enough? Your penance has been paid.
I wish I could promise you that you will never feel pain again, but
you know I can't. The day will come when there will be pain again,
but I promise you that it will never be as great as you endured
these past three years. I promise that it will be a different pain.
I promise that all you have learned you will apply going forward and
that it will bring with it appropriate boundaries and proper
self-respect. Healing will happen. You will be sitting on your
porch, the pain nothing more than a distant memory of a chapter in
your novel of your life. I promise you will be surrounded by all the
things of life that make your heart sing. Will you close your eyes
for just a moment and imagine that? Imagine the peace and the
tranquility that will surround you. See your life as it should be
not as it once was.
I wish I could hug you right now if only you would allow me to. I
would wrap my arms around you, tell you it's okay to cry it out,
then together we could finally move forward. A united front
unstoppable by anything. Your strength runs deep. I do admire that
about you. Your strength and resolve to grow and learn are what
keeps me going. Now if you allow me to lighten your load maybe we
can finally be on the same page again. Would you allow me to help
you even if for just a bit?
All My Love,
Your Heart
*The Reconciliation *
One thing that helped me come through this was acknowledgement that
I needed to say it was okay to have been duped. What I felt was very
real, and I did not know that such evil existed. I made a
decision-based upon the information I was given at the time, and it
was time to allow myself the self-forgiveness needed to move
forward. It was reaching a point that mind and heart reconnected.
I realize now that the psychopath exploited and mirrored all my best
qualities. He mirrored them so perfectly I essentially fell in love
with myself and thus the distrust of myself in the aftermath. It
seems to be final parting gift from them. Lovely right? *Except that
I can feel love again, but I had to forgive myself first*.
Once that happened I learned to show myself love in new ways. I
learned that a self-love is not narcissistic but essential for a
healthy and whole person. My actions began to back up these
returning feelings. I learned that I showed love to myself by having
healthy boundaries with the people in my life. I learned that it was
okay to say no and not feel guilty or that I was letting someone
down because I was letting myself down by overcommitting. I learned
that it was okay to treat myself with an indulgence or two. I have
learned that by showing myself love I am once again gaining
self-respect and through this my heart and my mind have reconciled.
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@LuckyLaura
<https://www.psychopathfree.com/member.php?u=2185>, That is
so beautiful. So heart felt and healing.
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Wow. You have me crying. Did you write this letter for me?
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Once that happened I learned to show myself love in new
ways. I learned that a self-love is not narcissistic but
essential for healthy and whole person. My actions began to
back up these returning feelings. I learned that I showed
love to myself by having healthy boundaries with the people
in my life. I learned that it was okay to say no and not
feel guilty or that I was letting someone down because I was
letting myself down by overcommitting. I learned that it was
okay to treat myself with an indulgence or two. I have
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@LuckyLaura, That was beautiful what you wrote about self
forgiveness, I also need to do the same for myself, I am
going to have to read your letter to yourself over and over
for myself, It means alot, Thank you
@September
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welcome. I found that writing letters to myself was really
cathartic and helped me immensely work through things. You
should try it sometime.
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Thank you @LuckyLaura
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GOODNESS WILL TRUMP EVIL...I actually smile from within for
the first time in a long time. I guess I must have forgiven
myself a tad bit today. Great post. Hugs....
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Goodness always trumps evil @Bozleka
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glad you are smiling!
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Thank you for sharing that with us, @LuckyLaura
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beautiful inspiration, eh?
~huge hugs!~
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@LuckyLaura
<https://www.psychopathfree.com/member.php?u=2185> Thank you
so much for sharing this letter. I have been struggling with
this so much today and yesterday - asking myself how do I
find acceptance. I think your letter is a key to what I've
been searching for. I think I must fist forgive myself for
not listening to my gut, for not having boundaries, for not
being strong enough to leave when I first felt off or for
listening to his words and not seeing his actions (or lack
of action). And I need to stop feeling ashamed and
embarrassed, or that others look down on me for being with
him, it not working out, or because he tells them things
about me that aren't true. I need to love myself and love
all that I am capable of, and not feel like a fool because I
tried to love the wrong person.
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come a day where my thoughts and feelings are not of him and
what has happened to me because of it.
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@learning40
<https://www.psychopathfree.com/member.php?u=9433> when I
wrote that letter to myself I initially thought my head was
writing it to my heart, but as it began to pour out of me I
came to realize that it was actually my heart trying to talk
to my mind. On one level intellectually it made sense, but
then there were so many "yes, buts." My heart no longer
longed for him, but the mind could not fully grasp the head
games he played. That's when I really started to realize the
effect of the mirroring. I was struggling with my actions.
My mind could reconcile what an ugly creature he was, but it
couldn't reconcile the effect that his ugly behavior had
upon me.
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I like your letter LucyLaura, I've felt that discomfort and
pain too. I think it is healthy to feel it because it means
we are not numbing ourselves. When we've been duped, it
makes up feel vulnerable. We want to see ourselves as strong
and capable and a P can shake our confidence in ourselves.
But just because we've been tricked, doesn't mean we are not
strong. I learned to say, "Yes, I was tricked and it was
horrible so I'm going to be extra careful now. I know things
now that I didn't know before".
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I was in a car accident this morning. It's not super
serious, but my airbag deployed and I hit the car in front
of me while traveling about 40 miles an hour on the
interstate. Needless to say I am quite shaken, but do not
think anything is terribly wrong. I'll be headed to physical
therapy this afternoon and will get my body in happier place
soon.
The reason I'm sharing this is because in the initial shock,
I wanted so much to call him and tell him what happened. I
wanted the support I knew he would have given in the
immediate, standing there on the side of highway, and not
sure what the hell I'd just experienced. Two things happened
in my brain in the subsequent hours while I was working out
an appointment with my doctor, calling the insurance
company, getting towed and sorting out a rental car.
First, I realized that yes, there was a time not too long
ago that I could have counted on his reaction but today I
don't know what he would have given me. I say "would have
given me" because I knew what I could have counted on had we
never separated, but today, I have no idea how he'd respond
after 3 months of no commination. And that says something.
With any of my friends or even past boyfriends, I have no
doubt that I could call and they would be there in whatever
capacity I needed, no matter how much time had passed since
we last spoke. But I wondered if he'd be bothered or
inconvenienced - or feel guilty that he didn't know how (or
want) to help. (It's actually shame, as he is the eternal
victim - not guilt. But he doesn't know the difference.)
Instead of just helping or offering to help, he'd feel bad
that he didn't know how (or want) to help. I says something
that I think he can't be counted on just because he haven't
spoken in 3 months.
Second, I understood that if he was there in the capacity I
wanted, that it would be great in the immediate while the
intensity and shock was high, but he would not be there for
the aftermath. He wouldn't be helping me figure out the
insurance, the finances, what the heck to do about replacing
my car, or anything else. He would only be there for the
immediate sympathy, but not the teamwork or partnership that
you should have when in a committed relationship.
It is experiences such as this, although stressful and
unpleasant, that really make me see that the mirror was all
that was ever there. It still makes me sad, and as much as
I'd love some affection, I just have to go get it elsewhere
and lean on the other people in my life who are willing,
wanting and able to be there for me.
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I like your letter LucyLaura, I've felt that discomfort and
pain too. I think it is healthy to feel it because it means
we are not numbing ourselves. When we've been duped, it
makes up feel vulnerable. We want to see ourselves as strong
and capable and a P can shake our confidence in ourselves.
But just because we've been tricked, doesn't mean we are not
strong. I learned to say,*"Yes, I was tricked and it was
horrible so I'm going to be extra careful now. I know things
now that I didn't know before".*
Thank you @Blusey and you are so right, it is healthy to
feel the pain and discomfort. It means not only that we are
alive but also that the trauma is being processed. That we
are working through the bad to get to the good on the other
side.
When our confidence is so shaken to our core, it is
difficult to trust ourselves. And that is where the
mirroring was so hard for me to grasp in so much as he
mirrored me, I cannot trust him, therefore I felt I couldn't
trust myself. Intellectually on one level I knew that I
was't to blame for misplaced trust, but my heart understood
it far before my mind could fully grasp it.
I love the part of your quote that I bolded, so spot on!
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all I am glad you are okay from your accident I am sorry
about your car and having to now deal with all that on your
own. I am sure that it must have been scary and slightly
overwhelming facing that, but you are strong. In you lies a
warrior that needs to be awakened. At the very least you
have a whole load of people here that you can lean on even
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