They are scared of women like you.

Women with hearts big enough to carry not just their own pain, but the pain of others — and still find the strength to love. Women who have been through hell and didn’t lose their softness. Women whose scars have turned into wisdom, whose silence has become power, whose voice no longer shakes when they speak their truth.

They are terrified of women with laughs that echo like freedom — the kind of joy that can’t be stolen, no matter how hard life has tried. Women whose presence heals, uplifts, and makes others feel safe and seen. That kind of authenticity, that kind of strength, threatens everything a narcissist or sociopath tries to fake. They hate what they cannot possess, control, or break.

Women like you are untamable. You’ve learned to listen to your intuition — and more importantly, to trust it. You’ve stopped second-guessing yourself. You no longer shrink to make others comfortable. You’ve stopped justifying your boundaries or explaining your worth. And that scares them — because people like that only thrive in environments where doubt, fear, and silence reign.

Narcissists and sociopaths despise genuinely happy women — women who radiate light not from external validation, but from self-acceptance and truth. They can’t manipulate someone who’s already whole. They can’t gaslight someone who knows who she is. They can’t shame someone who owns both her power and her vulnerability.

They’ll call you difficult. They’ll say you’re too much. They’ll label you as cold, crazy, bitter, or unloving. But don’t fall for it — that’s just the sound of their fear. You are the mirror they can’t stand to look into because it exposes their emptiness. You remind them of everything they pretend to be, but aren’t.

So keep being exactly who you are: fierce, kind, joyful, real. You don’t need to dim your light for anyone, least of all those who are only comfortable in the dark.