Recognizing the Addiction in Toxic Relationships with Narcissists

Do you suffer with substance abuse after Narcissists abuse?

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I think Narcissists abuse brings the addiction to surface that’s laying dormant in the victim. It’s was waiting for the oxygen to come to life. And the Narcissists gives you a whole truck full to work with.

I’m gonna be honest, anyone who stays with one of these people after the abuse starts, and you’re “waiting” for “change” there’s something wrong with you, more than them.

They’ve showed you who they are time and time again, but here you are “hanging” around.

I know this might not be what you want to hear

But even after the trauma bond forms, that’s not your main battle. The Cognitive Dissonance will be your demise if you don’t break it. And you must do that before the Trauma Bond breaks.

There’s something in “us,” the ones who hang on to a narcissists long term, that says something more about our struggles than theirs. That’s what I believe keeps victims stuck longer than anything.

We forever “understand,” want to help, support, and “love” a sick person that can’t be helped. It all originates from something deep inside the victims that needs to heal.