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They look normal at first. Capable and charming, until you’re close enough to notice that nothing around them ever feels calm, reciprocal, or grounded. I once stood outside my bedroom, listening to my mother rearrange items she had already rearranged twice that morning. It hit me then that it wasn’t eccentricity, but control and domination … Read more
There’s a specific kind of silence that only narcissists can create. The kind where you’re talking, explaining, pleading, clarifying, and yet the air feels thick with their disinterest. It’s the silence that makes you suddenly aware of your own heartbeat, tone, words, everything. One time, I was explaining to my mother why something she did … Read more
Chasing a narcissist never brings the resolution you hope for. It only drags you deeper into the exhausting cycle where you explain, apologize, and bend yourself into shapes that don’t even look like you anymore. The moment everything truly shifts is when you stop running after them. I still remember the morning I realized I … Read more
There’s something surreal about the moment a narcissist “falls in love” with you at lightning speed. The intensity feels cinematic. The compliments, the long messages, the future fantasies whispered before you even know their favorite coffee. It feels intoxicating instead of suspicious, almost like your nervous system is being fast-tracked into a romance you didn’t … Read more
For years, I clung to the idea that the narcissists in my family were simply “sick.” It felt safer that way. It was easier to believe my mother’s venom was a symptom, not a choice. Easier to label my younger brother’s cruelty as “stress.” Easier to excuse my sister’s cold silences as “emotional wounds.” Because … Read more
Red flags in narcissistic relationships usually whisper. They are subtle, small annoyances you rationalize, behaviors you convince yourself are “just quirks.” But some red flags don’t whisper. They scream. And if you ignore them, you’re setting yourself up for years of frustration, confusion, and even fear. I remember the first time I noticed the warning … Read more
There’s a specific kind of silence that happens the first time a narcissist sees you glowing. Not the kind of glow that comes from a new haircut or extra sleep, but from healing in places they were sure would stay cracked forever. Your glow-up becomes living proof that every tactic they used to keep you … Read more
There’s a moment when love finally dies, and it doesn’t feel dramatic the way the relationship did. It feels clean. Shocking but undeniably clarifying. I woke up one morning after years of loving the wrong man and realized something strange. I wasn’t panicking or waiting for a text. I wasn’t rehearsing my next move to … Read more
A narcissist’s home is the one place they can’t fully curate, control, or disguise, and that’s exactly why you’ll almost never see it. Behind their locked doors lives the truth they work tirelessly to keep hidden. I learned this the hard way. Growing up with a narcissistic mother, every “maybe next week” invitation to her … Read more
We’re all raised on the idea that the holidays are meant to feel magical, with gentle lights and familiar voices. Love is portrayed as something that wraps around you effortlessly. But if you grew up around narcissists, that expectation collides with a different reality. The closer December gets, the more tightly your chest starts to … Read more
