support of friends and community

That assumes any of that is available to the victim. In the case of narcissistic abuse they poison the well so that the when the victim seeks help, their experience is dismissed as hyperbole or out of touch with reality.

I've escaped multiple abusive romantic relationships including being sexually abused as a minor and a narcissistic family system that I am always vigilant of.

I would love to have community, but as it stands I can't even post pictures of where I live on social media out of fear my family whom I'm no contact with will find the landmarks and piece together where I am now.

As a gay man living in a rural area with his partner, I worry we'll be targeted just for who we are. I don't feel safe talking to my neighbours for too long out of fear of rejection, which I've experienced all too often and would find destabilising.