Broken Mirrors

WHY METAPHORS HELP?

They work on a different path to logic; they stimulate emotional understanding. We use them very often in descriptions of narcissists and narcissism without knowing. The wolf in sheep's clothing; the shark sensing blood in the water, when the mask drops, and many more.

The author worked for many years as a therapist. He found that metaphors gave insights into the difficulties of people and showed the ways in which his clients could escape or improve. If the stories strike a chord, then they also show a way out.

Metaphors open shutters in the mind that have somehow become closed. They have been used to help us from childhood with fables, folk tales and other stories that tell of dangers without lecturing in rational words. Images are developed that have impact and stay in minds as permanent as lighthouses that protect sailors.

These tales have been written to cast a light onto the dark shadows in people's lives.

To be very honest, the author is very aware that this is a book that will be hated by narcissists, love bombers and coercive controllers, male or female.

It is a set of short stories and metaphors about escaping from their emotional and physical traps and clutches.

Narcissism hurts the victims who are expected to feed positive admiration back to the egotistical perpetrators of physical and emotional pain.

Remember, they are NOT after you for you. They want you for themselves.