Before the marriage became a source of fear and uncertainty, there were shared hopes for a family. There were fertility treatments, adoption efforts, the arrival of children, and the expectation that the home being created would provide love and stability.
Those beginnings are essential to the family story in Lost in the Reflecting Pool: Surviving Narcissistic Emotional Abuse. Dr. Diane Pomerantz recounts the deterioration of her marriage within the ordinary responsibilities and attachments of family life, showing how emotional abuse can affect far more than the relationship between two spouses.
The Hope of Building a Family
Dr. Pomerantz and her husband struggled with infertility before building their family through adoption and a successful in vitro fertilization pregnancy. Their experience included the uncertainty and effort that can accompany both fertility treatment and the adoption process.
