Trying to find the words to describe what I had been through was like trying to grasp smoke. Narcissistic abuse relies heavily on distorting your reality. It was next to impossible for me to define, to express fully with words alone, so I turned to photography. The saying that a picture is worth a thousand words exists for a reason. Not only can you literally find many, many words to associate with an image, but subconsciously we can also understand the symbolism of an image on emotional levels. Visuals speak to us on a level that is beyond words.