That is not quite it. I know it was a long post.

I had CPTSD when I was younger from abuse from my father who is a diagnosed sociopath. I recovered. There were maybe little things I still needed to address in time and still making sure all of those small issues were being worked out, but I was mostly recovered and living a healthy and happy life as an adult. I was not in crisis. I had friends. I got my degree. I was teaching. I was in the last stages of recovery.

As soon as I opened the door to let new friends in, though, at the end of 2018 I met my ex boyfriend who is also definitely a sociopath and his parents are serious enablers. I went through 2 years of traumatic narcissistic abuse from him, and I regressed back into CPTSD symptoms I had long ago recovered from.

Now because of my ex boyfriend, I am suffering from CPTSD again.

Also recently my father (original abuser) has died which is its own terrible thing.

My ex boyfriend met me right after my father was placed into hospice and was dying. This abusive relationship with my ex boyfriend is bracketed by the decline and death of my father who originally narcissistically abused me. My ex boyfriend knew all this was happening. He met me at a vulnerable time in my life.

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