Author Archives: kristinatehrani

If you’ve noticed that people seem to walk all over you or you’re constantly getting involved in friendships or romantic relationships that are one sided or abusive, it’s usually not random. It means you have to take an objective look at yourself and see how you enable others to treat you this way after you’veContinue reading “Toxic Behavior: How To Stop Accepting It”

Tired of the same old, same old…Alice reinvented herself overnight. She was told by an old friend to “bring some of that old Alice back, from high school, the one who spat on Nazis and took no shit”. It took Alice a couple weeks to remember that girl. Oh yes, now she remembers…that girl wasContinue reading “Alice Reborn and Reimagined”

To the current Lief, the Lief incoming, every Dorian Gray- Alice wishes only the best. She can only vaguely imagine what sort of nightmare it would be to be unable to live in her own body, with herself. The myths of Narcissus and Dorian Gray are so similar. Many people are beautiful. Or maybe thatContinue reading “Alice Wishes Happy Trails”

Alice had been studying the abnormal psychology of the sociopath. Sometimes known as a malignant narcissist. She now knows all the signs, the motivation, what to watch out for. What she hadn’t considered was that she would encounter practically the same man- a decade younger. This “new” Lief is shockingly similar to the one sheContinue reading “Lief Before…But Still Is”

Once things became unbearable with Lief, Alice said as much. She realized that she no longer recognized herself. She had been living in a fantasy world. A fantasy that was turning into a nightmare. She was tired of it. So tired. Tired of being told her feelings were wrong, tired of being unappreciated, tired ofContinue reading “Alice Makes Her Way Out of the Nonsense World”