Same. I was telling my father today that the look on Trump’s face as he did this struck me as especially familiar. That was the look my ex had on his face any time he was about to have a rage explosion or do something particularly beyond the pale (and not give one f*ck about it). Chilling.

Oh lordy this was my small town Kansas high school, to a tee - except for some reason no one cared about the dancing, just how the girls dressed. All the dudes would roll up in their pickup trucks, confederate flags on the back, blasting Jay-Z’s Big pimpin’ or Gangsta’s Paradise... and nerdy, bookish MedaMelange is…

I’m so sorry! The cycle is terrible and breaking out of it requires courage that not many can appreciate. And I completely understand the mixed emotions and confusion - believe me, there are times when I wish I could shake people that I see in situations like the one I was in, and say: this ISN’T going to get better -…

It’s such a fine line to walk, isn’t it? I don’t think he chose to be NPD, nor in any way do I want to add fuel to the stigma of mental illness. But my ex was a full blown sociopath with no ability to feel empathy for anyone, period, the end. Not me, not his son, not his parents- NO ONE. However, I still, to this day,…

I dunno... (not related to Melania)... but like many people who dealt with abuse, and mine was more than verbal, I was totally convinced it WAS all my fault. It was that I took TOO much responsibility that hindered me from leaving. I chose him, I had chosen to stay in the past, I had chosen not to leave before, etc...…

I was married to an abusive person with malignant NPD- which is something I am confident Donald Trump suffers from. If, and I say “if” because none of us know for sure, Melania is dealing with abuse like what I went through, or what many women go through, think of how appalling many of the comments here are. If he…

I’ve definitely gotten there with family, though we joke about it (mostly, lol). Even with aids, I don’t hear great. So often they tease: did MedaMelange just smile vaguely and nod...? She definitely didn’t hear, then - thats the clear indicator! I recently had a receptionist at a vet office get super irritated with…

Wellll.... crap. I also run mine 20+ hours. I was seriously just back at the audi on Friday, to get more batteries (lol) talking about how, I kid you not, I am regularly dropping them, sweating in them, getting them wet in the rain, and dirty and gritty in the crazy foothills wind... I ordered a dehumidifier and we…

Merica!! Where else! I got the Oticon OPNs - after demo’ing several pairs and stalking all the hearing aid forums for a few years. I even shopped 5-6 audiologists - because I knew that they should be cheaper (buyhear.com has them significantly cheaper). But, I knew that I was going to need tons of tweaking and…

Yeah no doubt, I was! Throwing in the towel and washing my hands on this one. He’s just doubling down, down thread. And today, in: “Disabilities: examples of people who just don’t fucking get it” for $1000....

Or, they could turn on closed captioning?

I’m glad you aren’t an idiot :) It’s fine that you didn’t realize that people who are HoH are on a continuum. Since I am not “deaf” I don’t call myself deaf; but my loss is severe enough to learn ASL, which led me to the deaf community - so, yes, HoH people (who are on a continuum) can be attracted to like minded…

Oh man I feel you! I am severe, with cookie-bite loss so aids are of limited assistance to me anyhow. (For non-HoH people reading, CB loss is speech frequency; most aids are tailored for the 95% - which are folks with high frequency loss. The rest of us require expensive aids and LOTS of tweaking and a skilled…

I am so happy to hear that! HoH person here, and the various movie theaters’ non-compliance with all types of access issues (ADA compliance) has been making local news here quite a bit. E.g. : giving up handicap reserved seating to non-handicap people; no closed captioning; limited handheld devices (which, like you…

I... what? Hard of hearing person here. I wear hearing aids... did you know insurance doesn’t cover hearing devices? I managed to eke out 2k of the 7k cost from my insurance... because I have a good plan (and am currently able to work and save, thank goddess), and could make a case that my loss is caused by a disease,…

LOL!!! I’ve also had hand and elbow EMGs done. My doc was like: “Wow, are you sure you are doing ok?? I’ve had pro football players in here that had to stop or take breaks and you haven’t said a word!!” I was all... yeah, being a woman and having a host of “woman” surgeries and issues, while surrounded by people who…

I have a heeler too!! Heeler Jezzies UNITE!!

I am ten years out from gas lighting and I am also still nervous about trusting my judgement (I haven’t even attempted to date). Sending you hugs!

Thank you for saying this. Reading everyone’s responses here is exacerbating the fact that many of us NPD survivors are already reliving our nightmares seeing DT and his family in the spotlight. I hate hearing all the excuses about his behavior from the right (which is bad enough), but I wonder if the responses on…

The NPS director already has an ethics problem (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/…) ... so yeah. Seems like a good idea to let this guy have his way with an idea like this. An idea that would require ongoing ethics choices to be made about how far “earmarking” should go... good plan, good plan! ...