Untangled: introduction

In early 2024, there was a viral series on TikTok by a woman named ReesaTeesa. I saw some blurbs on my Facebook and decided to give it a listen. I hadn’t planned on listening to the entire series, but I was hooked. She went into first person detail about her Narcissistic abuse healing journey. I was hooked because it was my story as well. Her story belongs to more people than we like to believe. Unfortunately, we have all played the fool when it comes to love—especially when you don’t know your identity and value. 

In the series Reesa referred to her protagonist as “Legion,” for obvious reasons. I found myself driving in tears on several occasions. The wounds I myself had buried were coming back to the surface. It bothered me that someone else endured such treatment. I was also looking at myself in a mirror and I didn’t like what was looking back at me. Two people reached out and said I should tell my story. I declined at the time because I was not ready for the criticism and scrutiny that comes with internet vulnerability. I didn’t want to reopen the wounds and receive more abuse at the hands of strangers who did not know my heart or the situation.

Now that I am whole, it’s been a few years and I now have a blog, I feel ready to share how, what, when, and where. You know how you just gotta get it out? Well, this is that. I have to get it out. I see this as the final part of my healing journey. I don’t wanna bury this anymore, it’s too heavy. I’m not ashamed of what happened, because I’m free of it. I want my story to take away the shame and to expose the devil hiding in plain sight. I want my story to serve as a cautionary tale to those wanting love and marriage but doing it outside of God’s timing and wisdom. 

Here we go…