Dear Narcissist Problems,
I need some advice.
I am in the middle of a divorce with my abuser and he has essentially
"romanced" everyone I know into thinking that I am the wrong doer. He
is so suave in that way that he has convinced my attorney that I have done
wrong. I'm not sure what do or if there is some way that I could point my
attorney to the "idea" of my abusers narcissistic ways without coming
across as slandering him. He has
convinced everyone including my attorney, (somehow) that I had an affair and
that I left for no reason. Everyone thinks our life was "perfect" and
because I'm on disability for several mood disorders, he has my attorney
convinced that I am out of my mind. He continues to track my cell phone (though
my carrier is not sure how he keeps doing it). He used me as a tool to abuse my son who is
now almost 20. And though my son hated him over the last 12 years he has now
turned his back on me and sides with my husband who is not his biological father. I always tried to defend my son and stick up
for him. But my husband would wear me down with constant arguments telling me
how bad of a mother I was and if I didn't listen my son would turn out to be a
"hood rat" as he called it.
He used to be a deputy in a neighboring county and I found out recently
that he was fired because he lied on his application. I tried to hide in another state and had all
of my records redacted so that he would not know my location. But he told my
attorney exactly where I live. That's how I found out he has been tracking my
phone. I guess my attorney now
assumes that I'm loopy and told him where I was going. We were together
for 12 years and I was placed on disability 10 years ago. Update: I've
reached out to my attorney and had a little heart to heart with him. I guess I
just jumped the gun on his responses to me. He was very understanding and said
that his suggestion to settle for less was an effort to keep me from having to
endure anymore emotional trauma. He had seen how drastic my demeanor/behavior
changed when being faced with my ex-husband (soon to be ex-husband). He knew I
had been through some bad things with my ex.
Sincerely,
“Flew the Coup”
Dear “Flew the Coup”,
I’m glad to hear
everything turned out well with your attorney but have you considered possibly
getting a consult with a few other attorneys to see what they say? It is a conflict of interest if your soon to
be Ex is having conversations about you with your attorney. I’m glad to hear that things are coming to a close
for you. As for your son, there is not much you can do about the situation
because he is an adult so all you can do is respect his decision. I wouldn’t even bring it up in conversation
because that will make you look like the bad guy. Try your best to leave him out of it. Narcissists are masters of manipulation and I
wouldn’t doubt if he was buying your sons support or simply making up lies and
passing them off as truth. I found that
when you are in the midst of a smear campaign there is little you can do to
protect yourself from the gossip because people rarely ask for your
version. Keep documenting the crazy and
file police reports if need be. I would
contact your local court house and see a victims advocate about the
E-stalking. In my own experience, the
police won’t do much unless you have been harmed even if you have a P.O.
against the nut case. The good news is
that laws are beginning to change and this type of harassment is starting to
become more recognized. You just might
get lucky and find someone who is willing to step up to the plate and help you
protect yourself against electronic stalking.
The first steps I would take is throwing that cell phone in the garbage
and getting a prepaid with no paper trail back to you. Get a P.O. Box and just wait it out. I would love to help more with the electronic
stalking but I’m finding myself in the same situation where nobody will help
unless they show up on my doorstep. It’s
amazing to me because we get stalking orders so that our stalkers stop
following us and tormenting us but we find little protection when they find our
locations electronically and just have to wait in fear until they show up. If any of the readers does have a stalking
order and police took electronic violations seriously please message the page
and let us know what happened! Good Luck
to you!
Regards,
Narcissist Problems
