Becoming WHOLE again AFTER BETRAYAL

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[@stacyfox6055]

Dr. Ramani, I love your work! I attended this workshop and watched your interview with Dr. Freyd. The statements about we empaths, codependents…whatever we are labeled… simply loving lifted my shame. I realized the love that I gave during my nearly 5-year relationship with a narcissist was taken for granted and there is nothing for me to be ashamed of. I will, however, continue to educate myself in identifying “unsafe people” so as to avoid another abusive relationship like this moving forward. Thank you for educating us!

[@cherdangelo2993]

Which is the book of hers that I should start with? I'm still in the abuse due to financial devastation

[@stacyfox6055]

@@cherdangelo2993 Should I Stay or Should I Go? Surviving A Relationship With A Narcissist. I preordered her new book as well.

[@janpenix8879]

No, it's not ramblong doc!

[@youngblood8540]

The funny thing is, Betrayal never comes from your enemies.

[@gloriadonahue7241]

WOW! That just blew my mind. Isn't it funny how a few simple words strung together in particular way can have so much impact.

[@justinbyrge8997]

🤔 Pretty much an obvious statement deduced by the definition as well as the nature of betrayal.

[@Greenawareness188]

@youngblood8540 , yup , the dagger in the back is excruciating!😢

[@iamnotmyhandle]

Because betrayal actually requires the initial exchange of trust.

[@vtmegrad98]

That's kind of like saying it's funny that the rain only falls from the sky, and doesn't come up through the ground.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

You never lose friends, you only gain strangers. My heart aches for all of us who had to find this out.

[@thepaintedpoppies1010]

But those true friends you will never lose.

[@jokendrick2124]

I lost 2 sisters. C'est la vie.

[@snjavister]

You gain strangers 😖💔

[@tracyfolk3287]

Yes

[@latoshagreen4422]

Going through it right now..😢

[@sushmayen]

Their betrayal is devastating and feels like being swept away by a tide. We're not the same anymore.

[@Greenawareness188]

The betrayer couldn't touch your beautiful soul .❤

[@user-yk4te3hj3w]

I agree

[@CTCAL]

That's true and it's sad. That's why I'm subscribed to Dr Ramani's channel. Her advice helps a lot. God bless her. Amen.

[@pamwhitehouse5961]

​same here.❤

[@IsabellaPiesch]

@@Greenawareness188 🎯Exactly!

[@SumeyyeSayar]

I’m screwed. Both my parents were narcissistic and even psychopaths, my two siblings also turned out like that. This pattern has followed me my whole life also with friends and boyfriends. I am definitely a survivor. I’m broke now but after all I’ve broke the pattern just by becoming a psychologist, having a bachelor degree in comparative literature together, yoga teacher and all the other courses I took to educate myself. They have nothing. But not only that - I manage to stay sane and empathetic and loving and LONGING FOR LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING AS I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN LOVE. Even though I’m alone and I’ve been alone my whole life, God was with me. I never became evil and vicious. It’s a miracle.

[@MichibellaD.C.]

That’s amazing! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 you didn’t let’em make you ugly ❤

[@Natty183]

You took your life back. Excellent job!❤

[@patriciaberliner8050]

Me too. My family was like a horror story and I've spent my adult life striving to re - raise myself. College degrees, self improvement books, psychotherapy, classes, studying Carl Yung and individuation. I used to be a yoga instructor too! But alas, I've always ended up with narcissistic friends and relationships. Just like my family. Don't know how to break that curse. All my studying has helped me to understand and comprehend, but it ultimately doesn't change. I bounce between depression and hate-filled anger. The latter is unbearable. Being alone is a relief. People are exhausting. Their outsides don't match their insides and it is always instantly obvious to me. It is draining to have to play dumb. But would be cruel to tell them I'm on to them.

[@MichibellaD.C.]

@@patriciaberliner8050 good luck and mute the notifications from the people who don’t value you. They aren’t worth the time. You should be proud of yourself.

[@know973]

​@patriciaberliner8050 I would love to have a connection with you! I have a very similar experience. My whole life has been filled with narcissists, and relationships with them are incredibly painful and abusive. My mother, husband, and friendships. It's hard to stay positive, but I'm working on healing. Please reach out if you'd like to.

[@theredqueen6911]

I never thought in a million years I was sleeping with the enemy

[@LIVEINSCOTTSDALEARIZONA]

Ouch 😢

[@tracyfort1890]

The pain is TOO much to bear!!!!!

[@LisaAnn-py8iq4MyChildren]

Oh so True 🤣

[@LisaAnn-py8iq4MyChildren]

I'm working on my coherent narrative.

[@LisaAnn-py8iq4MyChildren]

I need to provide my coherent narrative to my daughter and sons and listen to them, helping them develop their own. I believe that they deserve the option of not engaging in the same behavior or being the victim of the same behavior.😢😅😮❤

[@notagain779]

If you would dupe or betray a person who trusts you, that doesn't have anything to do with them being a fool. It means that they trusted you more than you deserved to be trusted.

[@CarolinaCarolina-ph9mx]

I don't think it would be possible for me to like this comment enough. They think they are so clever and smart because our trust in them created openings they could exploit to do us harm, but trusting another person is totally about being vulnerable to them, trusting that they won't take advantage of you in bad ways. We were doing what we were supposed to be doing if we had been fortunate enough to be with good, healthy people - the type of people who don't betray trust like that. That they betrayed our trust shows something seriously wrong with them. Sadly. 🙁

[@notagain779]

@@CarolinaCarolina-ph9mx Yes. I think at the very least, it's a problem in their character and moral compass. Or, it's a deeper, more serious inner defect. Especially if they get enjoyment from duping others.

[@bemorejidore4144]

Which means they were a fool. You gave the definition

[@jennifergodwin29]

“We are never responsible for our own betrayal”

[@daykibaran9668]

What I would like to admit, is that you’re never responsible how someone reacts, if someone gets angry it’s their way to see something

[@zerodeconduite804]

That is the best quote. Thank you. ❤

[@neen9438]

Not true...I ignored red flags and betrayed myself by staying.

[@daykibaran9668]

@@neen9438 you cared/loved that person, it’s ok that you “wouldn’t” see what is around you

[@ndl78]

@jennifergodwin29 I’ve definitely struggled with this because I felt there was little signs I ignored and if I had been more conscious I would have saved myself so much pain

[@robingoldman5944]

You are such an angel to those who have gone through this! Mine started in infancy , I tried to get help to no avail. I am now 70, the only way to feel safe is to be alone. I appreciate you so much!❤

[@heather3358]

Also me and I am now 70. No way am I letting them win by not being me and seeing other people. I just get rid of the ones who are rubbish really early these days, if I recognise it early enough. If I suspect them I test them with something only a narcissist would do in response, sorts them out nicely. There are nice people out there what have you got to lose by trying, so you’ll be on your own again, and you are okay with that anyway. ❤

[@ricardof6902]

35 here thanks to Dr Ramani I started to notice the patterns and I'm still co depending on the toxic ones but at least I don't have as many negative thoughts and moods... Getting free 1% every day

[@angelaraycroft233]

I'm 44 and that's the way I feel already

[@mariapearce8617]

I am alone it's lonely!!!

[@caroleminke6116]

Me 2 @ 65 just fine alone & done with intimate relationships

[@karenellisbrown8169]

My husband of 33 years, pretending to be a family man, ran a church, was living a whole double life of the worse kind that I knew nothing about. It's the element of being blindsighted that is trauma betrayel.

[@clarecollins2547]

😢

[@mariajames-thiaw5797]

i realized one day i was getting weighed down by carrying shame that belonged to someone else.

[@nnylasoR]

@@mariajames-thiaw5797THIS. I have been tangled up and suffocating in the unfortunate trauma web my husband grew up in and brought into our marriage (unbeknownst to me). I, too, brought a tangled web in, but -not to sound biased, just honest- mine was not nearly as cruel and toxic. Yes, we have both been up to terrible coping strategies, but I have been working on mine for years, and he knew of mine when we got married. Theeeeres a big detail there.

[@delializarraga9638]

@Karenellisbrown8169 ⁠ It has to be the ultimate betrayal; to think that you have a honorable husband in the Lord, but he turns out to be the complete opposite. A supposed “man of the cloth”, and he turns out to be, basically, a devil or evil spirit. The betrayal is a double whammy to the spouse of a pastor. Someone once reminded me during an especially difficult time that God loved me, that I was light and that I was love. and never to forget that. I share that with you tonight. Keep moving forward, sister and try not to look back, only continue to walk into a brighter future! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@LisaAnn-py8iq4MyChildren]

Walk in the eternal light of the Lord

[@justice8563]

I’ve been betrayed by so many in such harsh ways that when I come across a kind stranger for a brief moment, I eventually wind up tearing up. So embarrassing.

[@synneazaro]

Trust and loyalty is the rock we stand on in relationships. Betrayal is like having the ground under your feet disappear ... After they told you it was rock solid... And you gets blamed for it.

[@Jaded57]

I look back after spending 27 total years of what I thought was “everything” only to find out I wasn’t… he was a narcissist, wanted a divorce after our last one left for college…. I have been alone for 15 plus years and will never believe in love again … it’s a daily torment, I have never felt worthy of love since 💔

[@Somebodysomewheresometime]

Betrayal by your own children when they side with the narc is horrific. Was all for absolutely nothing

[@carriefatino2702]

This is my struggle. It's with me always, its inescapable. Triggers are everywhere. I'm about ready to confess all. I have cancer, I won't die without having the truth said weather they believe it or not. This one is for me. How do you cope?

[@Babyhoneyyomama]

I experienced this and I blame myself because how can my kids respect me when I don’t respect myself being so week after he left and said he wasn’t in love with me. Ive never been so broken this has definitely made fall to me knees. I haven’t still to this day made sense of things after 20 years he, my husband decides he no longer wants to be with me. I know my kids want me to be strong and move on but I have never been more insecure I’m just crushed never expected to be betrayed by someone who vowed to always love and care for me.

[@Priceless16]

I understand the feeling. So painful!

[@nikkiwatson883]

It's been Horrific...the devestatinf fall out to the family and our youngest child who loved her so much. The entire family

[@jeniferfuhrman1525]

I so agree, am there 😢

[@youngblood8540]

For some people it's 2 steps forward one step back. For people who attract narcissists, it's 1 step forward 3 steps back. It seems like there everywhere.

[@CatalinaFOIA]

When I became an adult I knew what behaviors/signs to be aware of because of the trauma in my childhood. I vowed to never let anyone "railroad" me ever again. I stand up to those who harm me or others. Those who are harmful don't like being called out. After calling them out I ask them to leave me or the victim alone, forever. Don't allow anyone who is harmful into your space, it is harmful to your health. Betrayal is hard to overcome because it is from with-in and is usually a trusted person in your circle. Unless they take accountability and are genuinely remorseful... I do the same thing and call them out. The message is the same "Stay away and don't come back into my life."

[@Greenawareness188]

I know how you feel. Every morning I have to create reasons to rise up !

[@bereal6590]

They are everywhere, yup it's hard to get up and begin each day✌

[@BL-sd2qw]

Yes. It's on the system

[@avibhagan]

They are everywhere. It's estimated that they are 1/6th of the population. It's almost as though narcissism is not a disorder, but a common personality style.

[@erinward2983]

Betrayal by a parent is so destabilizing. We have to find a way to take the life that was always meant to be ours. We don't belong to anyone. This is our life and I finally know I don't have to feel guilty for living it. Thank you. ❤

[@NormaBoyd]

❤

[@war940]

🎯💯👀✅🅿️🔥👍🤔

[@pietam6]

🍃🌳💜

[@costelloandlizzievolk2233]

I agree it’s the behaviour that’s betrayal. I can’t stand it when ‘life coaches’ and social media ‘gurus’ talk about oh it’s how you respond to an event that is the trauma. It’s like uh no, it’s not my ‘response’ , it’s their harmful behaviour. Thank you Dr Ramani ❤

[@susankrsnich7389]

In a religious school we were taught there would not be a fight if we didn’t respond. This didn’t seem right but the turn the other cheek thing was put in front of you. I finally saw this as a lazy adult’s way to avoid the person who started the problem in the first place. It’s easier for them to handle a teachable cooperative person than the initiator who ignores the rules. I learned to hold back my response not because I thought I was morally superior than the rule breaker but because I didn’t want to be like them. You might take some blows that you shouldn’t behave had to take but you have your identity and integrity.

[@dylannaenzo9737]

Nobody can MAKE YOU unhappy, angry, afraid, incompetent, without your permission. You are in control of your response/reaction, etc. I felt the way you do, but in time, realized your response is the only thing you can control. Don't be like them. Know who you are; be happy, confident, content, and you won't be triggered by the narc's behavior. They are sad/broken human beings and I think most are physically or psycologically harmed and they cannot change their behavior. Pity them. Don't rage at them like they rage at others. When you act like your enemy, you become what they are. The only way to eliminate your enemy, is to make them your friends..... and you know what your enemy is going to do; so keep a keen eye on your friends. Choose who you want to be.

[@ItaHayes]

Now that you mention it isn’t ’turn the other cheek’ the best advice when dealing with a Narcissist I.e. cut off supply ? Let God be judge and jury in his own good time. Hold your breath to ‘cool your porridge ’ and pray. 😂 🙏

[@cornishmade100]

They never admit they betrayed you

[@leilagomulka5690]

Happy birthday to your mom

[@MarioLopez-yj6sn]

I hate that this pain is so unbearable I want to unalive myself to stop the pain. She kept asking to be in my life. All while breaking my spirits and boundaries and lying and gaslighting. She kept making me feel like I was the sole reason why we couldn’t make things work, when in reality she’s was the reason we couldn’t work. Everytime her lies, double life, would catch up to her she would gaslight me into thinking it was my fault. All I was ever guilty of was loving her. She made me feel like the worst person ever.

[@Marlov24]

Relating! ❤

[@garyrandall3059]

Please see a therapist to help you!! I'm seeing one now for the past 3.5 years

[@Empatheticallyrising]

Relating❤ I’m struggling too!

[@lindasherryrichardson3902]

You will not always feel this low.

[@caroleminke6116]

Pure projection ❤️‍🩹

[@PennyConlan]

Being born into a family with a narcissistic father and covert narcissistic mother, it has been a long road. The most painfful of all the betrayals was my only child. It took me over 30 years to accept he did not love me and had been acting. Then after 4-6 months, during which time neither he nor my grandchildren called me, I had a small heart attack from grief. I've given up a lot, grieved my losses, figured it out and have healed most of it! I'm proud to be a survivor!

[@lab4389]

Going through it with my son. He estranged with my little granddaughter, and I don’t even know how to locate him. And no, I don’t have any personality disorders. Just a mom grieving deeply.

[@cynthiapeterson2740]

I, too just had a heart attack related to grief from my son dying 2 1/2 months ago. My daughter who is in & out of my life. , walked out as soon as my son was pronounced dead , wouldn’t help spread his ashes… nothing .l didn’t see her again despite my begging after the death until l was brought into the ER this week due to the heart attack & because she was my emergency contact the hospital called her. She works in the same hospital. She is a PA there. She came by for a few minutes…. left… told her l had no one to feed my cat… said sorry… said l am leaving in the morning to go on trip for 5 days. I had to get an Uber to drive me home from the hospital upon discharge.She is the last family member l have left. She has to be narcissistic, right???💔 l feel like she betrayed me & my deceased son because while he was on life support she told him if he was ready to give up, it would be ok because she would take care of me! Am l out of my mind with grief or is she betraying us in a huge way. No offer to stock fridge with groceries… pick up Rx’s…. zero 💔😢

[@cynthiapeterson2740]

You are a SURVIVOR!!!!

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Ugh! And here I thought people in MY life sucked balls! Jeez! I guess it really can get worse.

[@jacquelineglitter4328]

Yes! Live your life without abuse.

[@Niles-Guy]

The devils touch is permanent. There is no healing from it but rather learning how to cope with it & move on

[@lucymuzungu7258]

This is so true ❤

[@ly5142]

The Devil is the first Narcissist.

[@DeepWinterQueen82]

Not true Jesus can heal it and fix it Only way to heal from that

[@naturalist369]

I understand what you mean for sure. We can still heal with God who is ever-permanent and always more ever-powerful than the devil. Much Love and Light to you💞🌞🙏🏼😇🕊️💫

[@user-zm3ny8tw4x]

My narc ex has never known his why, refusing to recognise the devil in his life that caused it all. I tend to face problems and their causes head-on and deal with them if I possibly can, and he thought this was just a terrible thing to do.

[@EvelynBenmergui1]

I feel betrayal way beyond a lie_ it is TREASON...and hurts deeply

[@pgcfriend]

The same French word 'trahison' is used for 'betrayal' and 'treason'.

[@JoulesCraft]

@EvelynBenmergui1 It is treason too when social services uses public state funding to pay those who betray children and parents as their vulnerable victims in juvenile court. These attorneys paid by governmental departments of children and families with public money, so it's treason as a state matter when attacking and betraying vulnerable innocent civilians.

[@imalwaysright]

Saying “we are never responsible for our own betrayal” is so powerful and necessary for healing. People need to be seen, heard, understood, their experiences validated. Even therapists can skip this part and jump to making it about you and where you went wrong etc

[@user-vq5tf9dj2s]

So true They said it happened but now you must focus on healing They add we can’t change that it happened Like literally forcing you to oppress it And they believe it’s the best way to move on🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@estheriacovou5455]

Betrayal is like pouring a bucket load of salt into a wound caused by someone else. The ability of people to do such despicable acts of cruelty to another person and then denies all accountability leaves the betrayed person in even worse life changing horrific circumstances that others will not believe or see, further invalidating the betrayed person and nobody cares at all.

[@patriciaberliner8050]

I left my family behind many years ago. Healthiest move I ever made.

[@costelloandlizzievolk2233]

Thank you for saying being screamed at is a betrayal. I have expressed this before to family members who yell and they don’t get it. Total violation of trust and well being. Thank you Dr Ramani ❤

[@aprilragg759]

In November I experienced something very traumatizing that made me incapable of falling asleep without the lights on and a background sound that reminds me that I´m safe. I had already started watching your youtube videos during Covid, since they were helping me make sense of the relationship I was in and had been in for 7 years already. Your videos helped me understand and ultimately get out. :) Since I had been watching your videos, they have now become the soothing background sound so I can feel safe and fall asleep. I just want to thank you for the work you do. It has made such a difference in my life.

[@oweunuffin2252]

I understand the background noise thing. I have something going almost 24/7 now. Keeps me from too much "thinking" about everything. And I'm learning so much I missed learning earlier in life.

[@mrvocal21]

I hope you are ok. It's very difficult after a relationship with a narcissist. There are many of us going through that and have had similar trauma related experiences like you have. Its just your brain trying to make sense of it all. Be kind to and patient with yourself.

[@elizabethkerr9023]

I do this too. Dr Ramani's soothing tones and reassuring message really helps.

[@sandrasuarez5870]

Betrayal feels like that person you love just wiped all the shit off their feet on you.

[@infjthoughts8861]

To me betrayal occurs when two people stop being emotionally vulnerable with each other. There is a point in every narcissistic relationship subtly shuts down and shuts you out between lovebombiny and devaluing. That subtle shift and shutdown between the lovebombing and the devalue to me is the betrayal. That is what makes love bombing so nefarious imo.

[@leilagomulka5690]

I love your passion - for the truth. Of our sorrow .

[@rubberbiscuit99]

In narcissistic families, we get habituated to accept blame for things other people do. Until we heal this distorted thinking and the deep wounds it creates, we are very vulnerable to further narcissistic abuse.

[@catherinebailey2131]

"The duties of a parent are to keep a child safe, loved, nurtured, seen, heard. That's the duties! And if a parent isn't doing that, then they are not fulfilling the responsibilities of that relationship." Exactly!

[@synneazaro]

Before watching this, I could only think of one betrayal. But now... I realize I have been betrayed by all my narcissists in my life.... all of them.... and it has shaped me gravely.

[@thepaintedpoppies1010]

When I think of the word betrayal my first thought is "deception." Because those who betray you are usually the people you would never expect to, the ones you hold closest, and that is why it hurts so much. It also makes you doubt if you really knew them at all. It can make you doubt everything about your relationship with them. Edited for spelling :p

[@glenyshill72]

Yes definitely 'deception' and, I think, 'disappointment' :(

[@sharcarbone8668]

Sad,that there are people who can lie without blinking.

[@GodsChildTM]

I have looked at this entire relationship now as a learning experience. Not only did I learn what kind of evilness is in this world, but also that I was deceived into sleeping with the enemy. No contact is not only for our sanity, but also for your safety. Protect yourself against hoovers. That is when they are pissed that they couldn't take us down the first time. You can watch all the true crime shows and see bits of them in the ones that come back years later and murder people. They can't let go because they have no sense of time.

[@AmberCoen]

Betrayal:his cheating, lying, getting the friends and family to all lie to me for him, as well.

[@goodlooking6704]

Wishing great health and longevity to Mom and the entire family. ✌️🥳

[@Lencaleena]

You too Mr. Bot

[@goodlooking6704]

@@Lencaleena Sending warm hugs 🤗 from Los Angeles. - Priscilla

[@MissReneeMichelle]

My narcissistic ex didn't cheat or mess with my money. He definitely betrayed me though - he future faked so skillfully that I believed him with my entire heart. I wanted to be loved so badly that i believed all of the love bombing with my entire soul. He absolutely betrayed me because he lied to me. And yes, it's ABSOLUTELY trauma.

[@theyellowshoe]

When I think of betrayal I remember when my husband cheated on me via Facebook & dating sites on his phone. He said he was just having fun, then said that all these females were his cousins.

[@anaelroi]

He probably kissed his cousins too.

[@Thedisgardedoptimist]

A narc is betraying you before you first say hello...

[@lt2102]

Betrayal - deeply wounded

[@dodosmamma1692]

My ex husband betrayed me time and time again. I was blamed for his lying and betraying every time. I remember screaming at him for gaslighting me and to stop the BS. He turned that on me by accusing me of being suspicious to the point of paranoia and that I drove him to seek solace with other women. Total head phuck. 🤯

[@jenniferkesler4766]

The word that comes to my mind is pain.

[@santitaireland5932]

“Hurt” is the first word I think of when I think of betrayal.

[@wendakwan7864]

Growing up with Narcissistic parents, getting into relationships with narcissists, I always blame myself for being betrayed. Thank you so much for this episode, Dr Ramani! “I didn’t do the betraying.”

[@IsabellaPiesch]

They have psychic issues - why do you blame yourself for that. They are not sane - so you sure are not guilty at all.

[@kjordan6045]

I feel the same! My parents were/are narcissists and every guy I've been with was too! I didn't realize my husband was until recently... I injured my ankle and had to have surgery... that's when he was done with me... told me he no longer loved me and that I wasn't good enough for him.... I started seeing all the things that I had been blind to for years... it's still hurts though

[@vtmegrad98]

My wife had started spinning lies to our whole social group that I was abusing her well before I finally got the nerve to say I want a divorce. It's been 18 months, she still won't move out, I've lived in front of cameras 24/7 to protect myself from false assault charges, and she still won't move out. The fact that she spends 90% of the time with a "mutual friend" at his place, because she started dating him early last year. This guy was at our wedding. I knew him before she did. Yet I'm the social leper because of her lies, and will probably be alone until I die, while they both have been embraced as a couple by the entire group of people I thought were my friends.

[@kathleen3292]

I can relate. I lost all of my school friends.

[@arthurbalcita4851]

Too bad and very sorry for you. It looks like most of your so-called friends and associates are “ Flying MonKeys. By Amelia

[@SuperReasonabledoubt]

You move out

[@MerylMcMillan]

Please, please, please do more about parents of adult children who are narcissistic and abusive.

[@TheKrispyfort]

When people put the responsibility/blame of us being betrayed onto our shoulders and not onto the shoulders of those who committed those actions of betrayal

[@deanshort9011]

What a magnificent statement! “We Are Never Responsible For Our Own Betrayal.” This mantra is distilled to a core essence, the truth, and the emotional freedom, we give ourselves on our path of perpetual improvement. WOW! If words can be a magic wand that works in reality, then Dr Ramani you have just shared another golden nugget of wisdom. Our lives are richer bc of you. Thank you Dr Ramani you are one in a million! 🎉💜😎

[@beachlife4346]

Its a fine line between not blaming self yet taking responsiblity to healing ones self and seeing why you didn't see it to preventing it in the future.

[@user-mw9tl1we5d]

Its been 10 years, he is getting married to his rich girl now, and I still feel like it was yesterday

[@clarecollins2547]

😢

[@Greenawareness188]

Tell your mom that I say "Happy Birthday !"

[@veronice_ronnie]

*Happiest birthday ever, mother Ramani. you deserve all the world!* ❤

[@Ballpython77]

happy birthday Mama Ramani. Starting to be my old self after being separated for almost 6 months but i'm still seeking love and affection like never before and i finaly realized why. I was never truly loved by anyone. Most of my ex's had Narcs behaviours, my 15 years wife is a covert, my mother and her family all narcs, my father and grand mother never showed love or affection...took me 46 years to realize it and it hit hard. I guess i wasn't born to be loved by anyone so i took the decision to stay single for the rest of my life. it's the only sure way i can't be abuse and manipulated and betrayed again over the cost of being love even if i crave it.

[@natnat1424]

This is sad. I know it's hard to trust again but instead of becoming a hermit you can learn how to read people better and find empaths who will love you for who you are.

[@randomactsofhugs]

Learn to love and trust yourself,be good to you. I've heard and am starting to believe healing is possible when you love yourself first. I'm one year free from him but still working on the voice in my head slow going but vi will get there. I'm so worth it and you all are as well. Sending you all airhugs o f positive loving energy

[@leilagomulka5690]

Yes. Healthy people know their why. On a continuum…..

[@bereal6590]

When you think about it it's so clear. We know our why, they just make stuff up to suit their needs

[@daniwithanelle]

Trust me, the damage you'll do to yourself and others by not leaving is much worse than leaving after the first time

[@AnnePerkins-po5jo]

So easy to feel responsible when the immediate response from society is to make you feel responsible. There is that deeply held part of the human psyche that turns to victim blaming. It's even in our adages: "What did I/she/he do to deserve that? Must have done something wrong" and "it must be karma from a former life," and so on.

[@meg5247]

Yeah, I was basically ALONE with my mom for my first 7 years of life. She fed me but that was probably because she had to eat too. She rarely bathed me. When I was 6months old, she told me the pediatrician said I looked very very depressed, was not smiling or alert and he threatened cps. So she played and talked more with me. The betrayal was her decision to stay with my abuser after I told her he abused me. Devastating. She also told me she doesnt think of me as her daughter

[@karinatulloss2189]

So many betrayals and the level of cruelty is astounding. He portrays himself on social media as such a supportive and spiritual person with focus on fitness. We would hike together occasionally and I was never fast enough, or good enough when all I wanted was to enjoy the journey. He convinced me to go on a 17 mile hike. It was my first time doing that amount of miles and at a fast pace. The last 5 miles were hard. I ran out of water and my legs were exhausted. I asked him for water and he denied that to me saying I should have planned better. The switchback at the end was difficult and my legs were failing. He left me there. I had embarrassed him. I was devastated that I would have to maneuver through this by myself. As my leg muscles were trembling and the lack of water added to my insecurities to be able to make it down the mountain and another 4 miles to go. I made it down but had to call for help once I was at the bottom. I was delivered home by EMT and he ignored me for a month after. Continuing to punish me for embarrassing him. This was supposed to be the person whom I could trust and count on. Clearly it was never reciprocated. Clearly not the persona he portrays on social media.

[@kathywhite3573]

Shock and Distrust

[@user-uk5hl8ki3t]

Happy Birthday, Mommy Ramani❤

[@samayeetabanerjee9672]

The first word that comes to mind when i hear 'betrayal' is discard

[@IsabellaPiesch]

In fact that is not betrayal - that is the only truth. (Think about it)...

[@skylergrey8655]

​@@IsabellaPiesch Not if they were future faking which is likely

[@IsabellaPiesch]

@skylergrey8655 In fact the whole relationship with them is a betrayel... The discard is the only truth!

[@skylergrey8655]

@@IsabellaPiesch I kind of get what you are saying. But even the discard isn't the truth. They don't want to leave you and stay gone. They want to extract supply by the suffering it causes and then re-engaging with what to them is more control. So, even the discard is not the truth..... I think 🤔...although it is normally inevitable

[@IsabellaPiesch]

@grey8655 In my case he had no other chance because really I lost it (cheating was the cream on the cake). So I always said: If you cheat on me you are gone. But never the less it always causes suffering - because you trusted them and you find out that everything you lived was a big fake-show. For them the discard is not the truth - you are right. (Because they hope for returning and further using).

[@annesojo9123]

The first betrayal...presenting themselves as normal.

[@MorgueInTheVoid]

Happy Birthday to your mom! She did an amazing job as a mother and I'm happy to hear she made it to this beautiful year! God bless! 🤍

[@SuzyQue303]

Happy birthday to your Mum Dr Ramani ☀️🎉 🎂

[@Humanfacehumanityfirst]

Happy birthday mummy! May you live long to celebrate many years to come. Amen!

[@kimberleylangford5536]

I've been betrayed by friends and lovers. Funny thing is that - it catches up on these folks. The ex who cheated on me ended up being dumped by the "other woman" after he took her on a trip (he never took me on any trips). The friend who betrayed me and told me that I didn't have any other friends and would be all alone without her - betrayed, manipulated and abused several other people and I'm wondering if she still has any friends, because she keeps repeating this pattern over and over again. In the meantime, I have been able to get counselling, create stronger boundaries and transformed into a stronger, more aware person who has a healthy self-esteem.

[@appaloosa42]

Betrayal=something owed to or belonging to one is given away away to someone with no right to it.

[@babiryewinnifred2079]

Taking care of myself; depending on God!❤

[@patriciabackalnyc2157]

God is the answer! Im sure He warned us of these people… there were red flags but we walked don the wrong path! 😔🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@analyseadams9654]

To think that I was told that people who have first-hand experience overcoming an issue (ie. narcissistic abuse, anxiety) couldn't make good therapists. What a lie I was told! Thank you, Dr. Ramani for sharing this invaluable information.

[@fillistine]

Happy birthday to your Mum❤

[@tundrawomansays694]

How fortunate you have a supportive mom. Many of us had mommy dearests who couldn’t even meet the parenting standards set by wild animals. Despicable excuses for “mothers.”

[@SheIsMe38]

I wrote a book titled " Surviving Betrayal Trauma" that is all about this! Once you heal the wounds of betrayal and take your power back it is like the key that opens all of the doors that we perceived were closed in our lives!.

[@pinkmeadows]

Happy Birthday to your lovely mother Dr.Ramani!🎂🥳🎉❤🎊🎉❤🎉❤

[@jolieoupas]

Pathological Liars was the first thing I looked up on the internet.

[@specialk4762]

Birthday Blessings to your Beautiful Mom!

[@user-qu1ss8bz4r]

First words I think are bait and switch. Thought I was marrying my best friend and an emotionally mentally and spiritually healthy person 😢. He kept it up for five years and completely changed when the doctor said "congrats! It's a boy!" 😮

[@alyciamarie4163]

Ugh… that’s exactly where I am at. My son was born this October.

[@user-tq4fm4he8i]

This is interesting. Men changing for the worse when they get sons. I'm sorry you have to go through it.

[@HFTLH]

I'm so sorry.

[@Nothingbutlovehere369]

Same! Just after our child, a son, was born, the mask was off. Ugh!!!!!

[@EastWind785]

I’ve not heard of this dynamic. I wonder why that is? We’re they jealous of the attention given to their sons? Or afraid of the perceived competition for their control?…

[@jessicapizano3515]

I’ve watched this video 3 times but I finally heard you Dr Ramani “stop making it about them how did it impact you?” I stopped the video to think about it. Thank you…

[@lmarie3834]

Don't forget "Medical Betrayal Trauma!!"

[@TamaraKasra]

You’re amazing. You helped me through not only dealing with my mother years ago who is a covert narcissist, but helping me help my father a few years ago with his divorce from her following my eldest brother’s suicide. My eldest brother literally and figuratively pulled the trigger that FINALLY allowed me, my father, and another brother to reclaim our lives. You gave me the clarity and validation of what I have known, watched, and experienced since I was a little girl. I’m now 57. You are a big reason why I am still here and able to heal. You are the reason I finally love myself and no longer question my reality. My own children have benefitted from this clarity. God bless you, Dr. Ramani.

[@dollyalexandratorres2031]

That live on betrayal was excellent and moved me into further " i did not cause betrayal"

[@jennyayala1429]

Happy birthday to your mom 🎉

[@costelloandlizzievolk2233]

I have felt that sense of feeling ‘dirty’/less than mentally and physically from betrayals/assaults I have been thru. Learning to let that go and rewrite my narrative. Thank you Dr Ramani. ❤

[@Bingo2501]

Dunno why, but these glasses make her look kinda younger and cuter. 🤓

[@jennifergodwin29]

Because she’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL ❤

[@triawillow1972]

Intelligence and beauty inside and out makes her an 11😍

[@jai7184]

A catch 😊

[@through.a.barrel.she.breathes]

Being screamed at and worse is definitely a betrayal. Thanks for saying it most intelligent and kind woman xxx

[@costelloandlizzievolk2233]

I have been betrayed so much by close important people in my life I feel constantly angry and don’t really trust anyone. But learning to mange that and harness it all for my greater good to focus on my life and well being. Thank you Dr Ramani ❤

[@davekiernan1]

You are absolutely great dr ramani. And very human too.

[@toniabeyta4007]

Happy Birthday to your dear momma!! ❤

[@marciaeden2410]

Interesting how many cycles there are in healing and often circuitous.. the injustice thing is a big one to navigate!!

[@joydavis1670]

Awww. Happy birthday mom. Your daughter is absolutely amazing and has helped us through so many things 💯💯💯🎉🎉🎉

[@torifletcher474]

Yep. Ex had been betraying my trust & breaking my boundaries since the beginning and lied about it, but no, I’m the bad guy for leaving when I had been saying for months that if the betrayals kept up I’d leave. Go figure 😂

[@leefossett5777]

This is real. You really named my life…..thank you! I hate toxic positivity!!

[@Rose19695]

Happy birthday to your mom!!! 🎉❤🎁🎂🌄

[@PenninkJacob]

Sorry about your cough, Thank you sooooo much ❤👍❤ When I was 22 years old, I was living with the mother of my infant 1 year old baby. I had to go to work early (wake at 4:30 am) I remember having to walk over the passed out (drunk) naked body of my baby son's mother with her mouth still on the private area of another passed out man. they were both passed out naked lying on the kitchen floor and I had to literally step over them to get to the door to get to work (trying to be responsible at 22 years old...)... Of course, the courts gave her custody... Years later, she kept another baby locked in a closet with no one home. I discovered this baby when I had to drop off my son. I heard the little baby crying and I saw her sticking her little fingers through the slots in the door. D.S.S. was called and of course, they did nothing, in fact, I even lost a day per week to spend with my child (punished). It wasn't even me that called D.S.S., it was literally another D.S.S. worker from another city that called... Is it a felony to keep a baby in a closet with no one home? now, 27 years later, my son has been parentally alienated from me. Every day is grief....

[@healthstartshere]

I’m on my long road of healing and one of the most helpful things (aside from finding Dr. Ramani), was making a friend who also suffers from narc abuse. Having a close friend who gets it and can validate your experience is incredibly healing! Going it alone it extremely hard because its so easy to second guess yourself. Narcissism is at epidemic levels and has poisoned our political system, work environments, schools, and so much more! Its so important to find someone who gets it!

[@Nothingbutlovehere369]

You two are lucky to have each other! It is a lonely path I am walking toward healing. ❤❤

[@beachlife4346]

Yes it is. Just beware of covert narcs who pretend to be that.

[@Humanfacehumanityfirst]

Thank you Dr. Ramani, I have learnt a lot from this channel.

[@stephanieschulze179]

I had no idea how MANY times I've been betrayed. Thanks

[@janinealexander2037]

Dr Ramani describes this “betrayal” as if she has had personal experience. insightful, transparent, honest. Its a Breach of trust at its finest…. release what is not yours. give it back to the owner where it belongs. but own whats yours… differentiate!

[@Marcella-in-Kentucky]

I am so grateful to finally to have a professional explain what I have been dealing with for my life with older sister and the her flying monkeys. It got worst once I decided to walk away and oh my lord her abuse got worst. Now that she is getting older and going through health issues I am hearing from other family members about “how I have been so cruel to HER” for not talking with her and tearing the family apart. It’s gotten so ugly that now I don’t talk to any family members. Thank god I have my own children and grandchildren and not to mention friends to have seen and understand this.