Elisa Donovan

Right.

So what do you do if you suspect that you are in a relationship with someone who is a narcissist or somebody who is gaslighting you?

What do you actually do?

Yeah.

So this is where you have to be very careful and very safe because we know from the research that

One, it takes about seven times on average for somebody to leave a relationship like this.

Seven.

Wow.

Yeah.

It is not easy for numerous reasons.

They're tied financially.

They're tied with kids and the family courts with custody do not favor the healthy parent, which is a whole other issue.

And so they're really kind of locked in there.

So you want to first make sure

that you have somebody on the outside that you can confide in.

And when you've been isolated for so long, that can be really difficult.

So I always tell family and friends, whatever you do, as mad as you may get at them for going back and going back, just know that they need you at some point and just tell them, I love you, I'll be there for you.

That's the best, because at some point they're gonna need you.

Find somebody that you can confide in, somebody that you can trust.

Know that you will never feel ready to leave