Category: Effects of Narcissistic Abuse

What do 1984, boot camp, and emotionally abusive relationships have in common? The first is a fictional dystopian novel. The second is a training experience that will prepare those who sign up for it for military service. The third, if you’re reading this, you’re probably already all too familiar with....

There are a lot of reasons that it’s so difficult to leave a narcissist. Just by alternating between kind and cruel behavior, a narcissist can induce chemical changes in our brains that can cause us to become chemically addicted to this attack-and-rescue cycle. Then depending on how strong our attachment is to...

Relationships with narcissists are not like normal relationships in so many different ways that it’s difficult to keep track. It’s no wonder that we’re left wondering why it’s so hard to get over narcissists once the relationships end. Putting the reasons into words, however, can help us to understand why...

If you’ve ever been in a situation where someone is verbally abusing you, you’ve probably had the urge to do one of four things: get away as soon as possible to avoid the abuse, smooth over the aggression, zone out or freeze up and wait for it to end, or...

There were many times when there was a voice inside of me wondering if it was my fault that my boyfriend verbally abused me. This, despite the fact that I knew it shouldn’t be happening. Sometimes the voice was just a whisper in the back of my mind. Sometimes it...

It’s normal if you’ve been in a relationship with a narcissist or a psychopath to try to read the signs and figure out how to know if a narcissist is finished with you. You may feel obsessed with the idea as if by going back over every word and action...

When I found out that my ex-boyfriend was leading multiple lives, the furthest thing from my mind was thinking about how to manipulate a narcissist. I was merely in shock and wanted to break up with him.  When I say that he was leading multiple lives, I mean the following:...