In Just Be My Baby, Michelle J. de Wildt shares the deeply moving story of a relationship that began as extraordinary and all-consuming, until a first explosive outburst shattered everything she thought she had found. What started as intense and overwhelming gradually shifted into gaslighting, blame-shifting, idealisation and withdrawal — a pattern she later recognised not as classic narcissism, but as narcissistic reflexes rooted in childhood trauma and a disorganised attachment style. Dra...

In Just Be My Baby, Michelle J. de Wildt shares the deeply moving story of a relationship that began as extraordinary and all-consuming, until a first explosive outburst shattered everything she thought she had found. What started as intense and overwhelming gradually shifted into gaslighting, blame-shifting, idealisation and withdrawal — a pattern she later recognised not as classic narcissism, but as narcissistic reflexes rooted in childhood trauma and a disorganised attachment style. Dra...