Riley Thornock on Clubhouse

Bio

Specialist in Narcissistic Trauma. Masterofmyenergy.com

Masters Degree in Communication |
Bachelors Degree in Marriage and Family Science

My Story:
When I was four years old, my family was in a bad car accident that killed my father and very nearly killed me. Two years later my mother met and married my narcissistic stepfather. She was a classically beautiful, strong business woman who’d just had a large influx of cash from insurance. She was also vulnerable and afraid as she now had four young and energetic boys to care for by herself. So she was a primed and vulnerable target for a narcissist as the vulnerable prize that he could snatch up and convince that he was her savior. I watched over the years as my mother slowly lost her health and sanity due to his subtle, but very real abuse until she died slowly and painfully from an autoimmune disease. She tried leaving the relationship at one point, but was coaxed back in by this narcissists tactics until it was too late. All while he was lauded as a hero for caring for her and sticking by this physically and mentally ill woman to her death. Even her funeral was all about him in the end and very little about her.
I was a prime vulnerable target for my stepfather as well. I was six years old when they got married and I was not well liked. I struggled intensely in this new home and atmosphere under his oppressive rule and psychological warfare. I have many stories that individually may sound bad but not horrific. But when you string them all together to see the tapestry of despair, it’s shocking and gut wrenching. This is the devastation of being involved with a pathological narcissist. They string you along the path of abuse until you are nothing but a husk with nothing left to give. Which is literally what happened to my mother. Narcissists are emotional vampires. However, instead of sucking your blood, they suck your soul.
It took years and years of abuse before I started to catch on to the subtle twisted game of this narcissist and started to piece together what really happened.
My goal is to educate women specifically concerning the dangers of narcissism and help develop recovery resources from narcissistic trauma.