You’re not losing your mind, you’re losing the version of you that tolerated emotional chaos.
Dear Survivor,
If you’ve ever thought, I feel crazy in my relationship, I want you to pause and take a breath.
That feeling, that disorientation, that fog… it’s not a sign that something is wrong with you. It’s a signal that something harmful may be happening around you, especially if it’s been ongoing, subtle, or denied by the person causing it.
Feeling “crazy” is one of the most common red flags of emotional abuse and gaslighting. When your experiences are constantly dismissed, your feelings twisted, or your reality denied, it becomes harder to trust your own thoughts. Over time, you may start second-guessing everything: your memory, your reactions, even your sense of self.
You are not overreacting. You are responding to emotional confusion.
Abusers use tactics like denial, deflection, and blame to protect their control. You might hear things like “You’re imagining things,” “You always make a big deal out of nothing,” or “You’re too emotional.” These phrases aren’t harmless. They are designed to make you doubt yourself. That internal chaos is not a mental health problem, it’s a survival response.
If you’re thinking, I feel crazy in my relationship, that may be your intuition urging you to keep digging deeper.
For clarity, I recommend downloading the Red Flags of Abuse Freebie. It can help you identify patterns that are easy to overlook or explained away. You are not too sensitive. You are not making things up. And you don’t have to stay in confusion. There is hope for something more.
You deserve relationships that bring peace, not panic.
Blessings and healing,
Catrina
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