It’s His World; I’m Just Living in It

Amanda Ryan, CMLC
2 min readApr 15, 2024

She found herself trapped in a gilded cage of his creation, the bars fashioned from his lies and the lock held tight by his manipulation. A marriage to a narcissist felt like being a prisoner of her own heart, shackled by the chains of his inflated ego and insatiable need for control.

In his world, she was a mere pawn in his grand game of deception, a puppet whose strings he pulled with expert precision. He twisted her reality with his gaslighting, distorting her sense of self until she questioned her own sanity in the face of his relentless manipulation.

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Amanda Ryan, CMLC

Heart failure patient & advocate, certified master life coach, & writer.