![]() ![]() ![]() They’re apt, as many of the behavioral patterns Downs discusses are less than desirable for living any kind of an authentic life.īut still, who am I to judge? Perhaps no one, but I’ve experienced what I experienced and I’ve witnessed what I’ve witnessed, and The Velvet Rage validated all of this far more than I ever expected it to.Īnd so, let’s press on with the final three points I’ve taken away from Alan Downs’ The Velvet Rage… Point 03: Gay Men Are No Strangers To BetrayalĪ hallmark experience in any narcissistic relationship, gay or straight, is betrayal. I’ve used words like “dysfunctional” and “toxic” quite a bit in the writing of these points. And as I share these personal aspects of my life, I make sense of them through my own self-education on the topic of narcissism in the hope that it will help people who are currently in the position I was in a few years ago. For some time now this website has been a public journal where I’m presenting my own personal experience of a narcissistic relationship with another man. ![]() I was fixating on the darker aspects of the book and not so much the hopeful parts. As I wrote about Alan Downs’ The Velvet Rage this week and last, I noticed an obvious pattern. ![]()
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