Disentangled: How I freed myself from a Toxic Relationship

by Florence St. John

Imagine being taken to the greatest heights of ecstasy only to find yourself free falling with no logical explanation. You hit the ground, stunned and confused, and then clutch your chest to close the gaping hole that exposes your heart. Feel the nerve endings twitch with electric heat at every pulse. Touch the open wound with the tips of your fingers. Visualize how the hole got there... Not with a razor-sharp knife, but with a spoon, over the course of months or even years, leaving you numb to the pain. This is what it's like to be involved with a sociopath. If you were feeling the red-hot coils of a stove, your reaction would be to jerk your hand away, but this kind of danger is psychological. Like a skillful game of chess, you watch your opponent, anticipating their next move. Once you’ve exhausted every avenue to find it makes no difference, and you shed the last drop of blood, you have to face the truth. As Gloria Steinem says, “The truth will set you free, but first, it will piss you off.” When Florence stops feeding Daniel’s thirst for her money, he makes an excuse to leave but invites her to come and stay with him at his house in New York. Even though Florence knows exactly what he is, and the game he’s playing, she has a plan to get some of her money back and takes him up on his offer. Hidden inside his house is something of value and she is determined to find it.

119 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 2012

Reviews

[Jessica Wilhelmsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intresting

An interesting memoir of a woman that loved a sociopath, and finally leaves him. I was surprised to find out how it was.

[Deborah Bruner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written!

These kinds of relationships are so hard to explain .. even harder to write about... if you have experienced a narcissistic person..short or long-term relationship.... or you are curious ..you should read this book ..it's hard to put down!

[Thomas Prescott · Rating 2 out of 5]

How can a book be good yet bad at the same time?

The author let's you into her personal live. She is very descriptive of her possession's, the weather, her descent into hell and her tormentor. .However, as the reader, I felt she was purposely omitting a lot of information about her formative years and a thirty plus years of marriage. Who was she??? The ending was painful.