The Scapegoat Child

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>B L O O D  I S  T H I C K E R  T H A N  W A T E R </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>I grew up hearing that believing it was a promise of loyalty. It took me more than thirty years to finally understand what it really meant: your family has the most access to hurt you.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>I am the scapegoat child.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>For decades I lived in a world ruled by a narcissistic Queen always walking on eggshells trying to be perfect just to avoid being the problem.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>My story is about surviving that constant crazy-making fog of gaslighting. It's about betrayals so deep they shattered my reality. The abuse that escalated into terrifying violence that put my life and my unborn child's life in danger.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This book is my act of naming that harm so I could finally heal. But it's not just my story. I'm sharing it because it might be yours too. It's a map to help you find your way out.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>In these pages I'll walk with you as you learn to:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>•See the toxic roles in your family for what they are: from the Golden Child who can do no wrong to the Enablers who keep the peace and the Flying Monkeys who do the dirty work.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>•Name the soul-crushing tactics they use like when they dump all their own insecurities and shame onto you and call it your fault.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>•Understand why you feel so stuck: that confusing powerful trauma bond that makes it feel impossible to leave the people who hurt you.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>•Find the courage and the practical step-by-step plan to finally go No Contact and start to reclaim your own life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>You are not failing by wanting to redraw the map. You're choosing safety over loyalty when loyalty no longer serves your well-being. This book is a guide to finding the life you deserve.</span></p><p></p><p></p><table style=border: 1px solid rgba(0 0 0 1)><tbody><tr><td data-row=1></td><td data-row=1></td><td data-row=1></td></tr></tbody></table>