I was checking the referrer log to see what people who came here from Google thought they were looking for, and found a Google search for “sociopath gaslighting” that had this blog at the top of the search page: A Perfect Target. It’s a blog by a former spouse of a sociopath who was into financial malfeasance and serial adultery. The blog hasn’t been updated for a while; it’s a series of posts describing her own story, plus some discussions of books and media reports on sociopathy.
It’s a bit hard to navigate since the “archive” button seems to be broken, but you can follow Catherine’s personal story, from the beginning, at these links: The Truth, Some Answers, Once Upon a Time, Too Good to be True, All the Other Women, Trouble in Raleigh, What I Know, No Surprises, The Wisdom of Hindsight, In Retrospect, My Journey, My Aha! Moment The Little Voice. There are a couple more general posts about sociopathy here: ”The Loser”, Coincidence.
Otherwise, I think you can see all the remaining posts on the front page of the blog.
It’s pretty fascinating reading. The only difference between this woman’s life and about 1000 Lifetime thrillers is, her ex-husband never tried to fake his own death after looting his company, or tried to frame her for murder, or tried to kill her for her life insurance or anything. Lifetime villains really DO exist, they just don’t usually go all in like that. It’s interesting how Catherine feels the need to keep pointing out she’s not just a vindictive ex-wife, there really was something wrong with this guy. Lifetime movies make that unambiguous because of how they end, but we the viewers know these villains are evil from the very beginning because they’re shown pulling the kind of behavior Catherine describes in her courtship and marriage with Mr. Evil.
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