Day: April 20, 2025
How I Was Scammed by a Man Who Never Existed episode 6
Episode 6: What Healing Looks Like It’s been ten months since I last heard from James—or whoever he really was. Ten months since the day I found out that the man I thought I loved didn’t exist.That the late-night calls, the love notes, the crypto investments, the dreams of a second chance… were nothing but […]
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Episode 5: Turning Pain Into Power They say pain changes you.And I believe it.But it also awakens you. The experience with James—or whatever his real name was—left me gutted. Humiliated. But as the weeks passed, that pain began to evolve. From shame… into something else. Anger. Clarity. Purpose. I realized this wasn’t just my story. […]
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Episode 4: The Shame of Silence In the days after James disappeared, the silence was louder than any heartbreak I’d ever known. I stopped going out. Stopped answering calls. I even skipped two shifts at work—a first in my 18-year nursing career. I didn’t want to explain what happened. I didn’t want anyone to know. […]
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