Category: Breaking Up With a Narcissist

When partners of narcissists try to implement “no contact,” the narcissists often try to entice them back into the relationship.  Going no contact with a narcissist is something we do only when we are fully aware of what we are dealing with and when we are ready to protect ourselves...

Going no contact with a narcissist is one of the hardest and most painful things I’ve ever done in my life. The relationship itself was draining enough–I either felt like the queen of the world or I was suffering through nightmares that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. There...

All breakups are difficult. Breaking up with a narcissist, however, was one of the hardest things I’ve ever dealt with in my life. It has led me to start asking the question, at exactly what point does a breakup with a narcissist occur? Breakups with narcissists, no matter how you...

This is going to be the first personal post I’ve written in a long time. For those who have been reading for a while, you might have noticed that many of my posts for months have been more objective rather than subjective, although I often use my own experience as...

People who have never been in a relationship with a narcissist fail to understand why it takes so long to leave one. Even afterward, we are sometimes left beating ourselves up over why it took us so long. This is destructive and unhelpful. Others ask the question because they were...

Narcissists lure. They lure with promises, flattery, lies and sweet words. The mask shifts with each new person in their sights, adjusting to our likes and dislikes, filling in crevices to become whatever seems to be missing and fulfilling our long-lost dreams. What remains the same, however, is that the...

When you’re with a narcissist, you’re typically in limbo where either you leave and then they draw you back in once again, or they give you a silent treatment or discard you, leaving you baffled over what has just taken place, often only to return after a period of days...