Welcome To The Rift
Begin Your Healing: A Safe Path Forward
If you’ve arrived here, it’s because your spirit is tired — and that’s okay.
Healing from narcissistic abuse, especially as a gay man, takes courage. This page offers gentle steps, clarity, and grounding to help you rebuild — one breath at a time.
Here, you’ll find:
Queer voices, survivor stories, reflections, and trauma-informed tools to help you understand narcissistic abuse and rediscover your voice.
Each one is a step toward clarity, emotional freedom, and the strength to rebuild from within.
The Rift Voices & Visions
Open Journals
Stories from The Rift
Stories from The Rift
A gentle introduction and research resource on narcissistic abuse, created for gay men survivors seeking clarity and healing.
Stories from The Rift
Stories from The Rift
Stories from The Rift
Survivor reflections & Acadademic esaays that remind you: you’re not alone on this journey.
Echoes & Insights
Stories from The Rift
Echoes & Insights
Discover queer books, podcasts, and videos that support healing from narcissistic abuse — thoughtfully curated, trauma-informed recommendations to guide recovery and deepen self-understanding.
The Rift Knowledge Hub
A transformative learning space designed for trauma-informed gay men, uncovering the hidden realities of narcissistic abuse, coercive control, and guiding the journey toward healing, identity, and cultural understanding.
Series 1 — Breaking the Silence
Learn to name what happened and why it hurt.
This series helps you recognize coercive control, gaslighting, and identity-based abuse — the first step toward freedom.
Series 2 — The Aftermath Series
Healing begins when survival ends.
Here we explore attachment wounds, trauma bonding, and how to rebuild the self after emotional manipulation.
Series 3 — The Self Series
It’s time to meet the person beneath survival.
Through identity, shadow work, and self-acceptance, this series invites you to reclaim your wholeness and truth.
Series 4 — The Culture Series
The pattern doesn’t stop with people — it lives in systems.
This series examines narcissism, civility, and manipulation across culture, helping you stay aware, empathic, and sane.
What to explore next
Deeper Understanding: The Dark Triad in Gay Men
For those ready to explore the psychology beneath survival, this appendix unpacks how Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy appear in the gay male experience — not as pathology, but as defense. It’s about learning the language of protection and transforming defense into self-awareness.
You Don’t Have to Heal Alone
Every story shared inside *The Rift with Rick* began with a single message. If you have questions, want to share your experience, or just need a safe place to start — you’re welcome here.
- Find answers in FAQ
- Reach Out Directly
If You’re New & Overwhelmed
It’s normal to feel unsure of what to do next. Start small:
- Practice self guided Healing Exercisest to help you ground yourself and reconnect with your inner voice.
- Choose your own pace: A simply way to explore definitions
- Visit Emergency Resources if you are in danger or crisis.
Remember
Healing is not linear. Some days may feel heavy, others lighter. The important thing is that you are here, choosing yourself.
You are not alone. This is your space to begin again.