i am Ekho

I’m a small-town mom with a big story. By day, I research, co-parent, and keep my second graders alive. By night, I reflect on my past—surviving narcissistic abuse, breaking a trauma bond, and navi...

My six-year relationship with a narcissist ended in violence, betrayal, and a community-wide smear campaign. I ignored red flags, gave endless second chances, and suffered unimaginable pain—all in ...

Writing this blog is both a personal journey and a mission to help others. After surviving narcissistic abuse, I share my story to heal, process my trauma, and build a community of support for thos...

My blog is a space to share my personal experience with narcissistic abuse—the red flags I ignored, the lies and manipulation, and the smear campaigns that followed. It’s a place for survivors to f...

Survivors of narcissistic abuse often wrestle with deep shame and self-doubt, questioning their own reality. I know because I was there. From enduring gaslighting and smear campaigns to facing the ...

I grew up in a dead coal town where the poverty rate was extreme. To put it into perspective, the rich people in my class were the public school teachers’ kids. I went to my local college on Pell G...

My progressive church was a haven of acceptance and social justice—until it became the stage for narcissistic abuse and betrayal. From favoritism and personality cults to revictimization after my a...

For nearly a year, I stayed away from my church, avoiding the place where my narcissist’s flying monkeys had carried out an Amish-style shunning. But when I learned that my abuser was being conside...

Walking into church after surviving narcissistic abuse was like stepping into a battlefield. While some greeted me with warmth, others—misled by my narcissist’s lies—kept their distance. Prissy, my...

After facing gossip, betrayal, and the departure of toxic individuals, I began to rebuild my life post-narcissistic abuse. My church revealed both its fractures and its core values, as true allies ...

After my narcissist and his flying monkeys attempted to have me removed from our church, a Board member took it a step further—sending a defamatory email to an entire church cluster. He accused me ...