Narcissists cannot give to you what they can’t even give to themselves, so don’t expect them to give you honesty, commitment, peace, or empathy in any form that is truly genuine. They only know how to mimic these things for a short time if it gets them what they want.

Narcissists severely overestimate their market value.

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You will not be able to end a connection to a narcissist without making them your enemy. They will never acknowledge that you are justified in pulling away from them or that your life will improve without their presence. They will not take accountability and make you the bad guy.

Narcissist: “I am insulted by your ability to see through me. I find you offensive.”

Interesting fact: psychopaths/narcissists/coercive controllers use prolonged staring as one of their many tactics to make a target feel exceptionally special. This might involve overly lengthy eye contact or following someone with their eyes as they move around a room. This may

Narcissists themselves can not evolve, but over time, they learn to select more inexperienced, wounded, and isolated prey.

Narcissists will spend nearly all their time trying to convince you that you are the difficult one, but the moment their presence is gone everything becomes more peaceful and balanced.

Narcissists do not want to resolve conflicts because they use fights and arguments to keep you physically and emotionally drained so they can more easily manipulate and control you. That’s why no reaction to their baiting and taunting is the best reaction.

Narcissists will always play victim after they are confronted with the consequences of bullying, disrespecting, and being cruel to others. They know exactly what they are doing when they hurt people and show zero regard for anyone’s feelings. They are not a victim in any sense.

The least likely people to pass down generational trauma are the ones self-aware enough to be afraid they will.

Over time, you learn to pity the flying monkeys who have imbibed “the narrative” because you were once in their shoes.

Maturity is choosing peace over drama, distance over disrespect, boundaries over their feelings, solitude over fake company, resonance over history, progress over perfection, discipline over comfort zone, self-love over seeking validation, and saying "no" over people-pleasing.

When narcissists are first getting to know you, not only will they put on their best mask but they will also be testing how easy it is to manipulate you. You might not catch on at first, but if you don’t set boundaries when you do, narcissists will continue to push the limits.

When a #narcissist accuses someone of anything whether it’s being impulsive or disruptive or abusive or whatever, it’s important that you insist that they give examples because more often than not, they are simply projecting their own traits onto their victims and if you insist

When in relationships with people who choose not to heal, you have to understand their denial tells them your healing is offensive. They’ll work overtime to make you paranoid & apologetic for growth. What you experience as a breakthrough, they experience as a personal threat.

When you finally begin to move on and heal from a toxic connection to a narcissist you will realize that they never really had anything genuine to offer you. You were the one who had everything they wanted, and they depended on you to remain unaware of your true value.

You don’t need to have a “last conversation” with narcissists when you’ve had hundreds before. They will only use it as another opportunity to confuse and manipulate you and they will never give you the closure they know you desperately want. Choose your own health and sanity.

“Surely every human being is redeemable?” “With enough love even the ‘baddest’ of us can come good, right?” WRONG! Narcissists/psychopaths/coercive controllers have complex prefrontal cortex and amygdala brain anomalies. Their inner world is entirely different. They are driven