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How to Know You “Aren’t” The Narcissist but, You are Dating One

It can be confusing at first, but once you “know” you know.

Chris Freyler
2 min readMar 30, 2023
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This is one of the most confusing aspects of experiencing this type of abuse. The victim of Narcissist abuse will, at one time or another, question if they are the Narcissist. The degree of gaslighting and projection delivered by the Narcissist will leave some of the most aware victims dazed and confused.

Victims spend countless hours replaying every scenario in their minds looking for a glimmer of hope in what is going on.

  • While you’re in therapy with one of the top Narcissist Therapists in the country, your ex is in a relationship a week later. A victim can’t think about another relationship if they try. They are busy obsessing about what happened.
  • You fall asleep to Richard Grannon, Dr. Ramani, and Meredith Miller, seeking validation and understanding of the cluster fuck you just got out of.
  • You repeatedly question if you are the Narcissist and feel guilt and shame for your reactions to their abuse.
  • Your ex is saying you are the Narcissist while claiming you did to them what they did to you. Cheat, lie and manipulate.
  • You’re confused as fuck as to what went on. You repeatedly question…

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Chris Freyler
Chris Freyler

Written by Chris Freyler

Mistake Maker Extraordinaire .Writing from a place I don’t understand at times. I write to help myself, in return hope it helps you. Just another Quora guy.

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