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What Are The Signs Someone Has Suffered Narcissistic Abuse?
It has to be experienced to understand
4 min readDec 16, 2021
- Insanity: We will appear insane, no shit. Friends, family, and acquaintances will be left scratching their heads, thinking, “what the fuck do we see in this person?” One minute we “got it,” the next minute, we are chasing the abuser down, asking for forgiveness. We put up with the most insane shit that no one will understand.
- Reality: You will lose yours and adapt the abusers false reality. And the longer you are with them, the deeper you will fall. You won’t know up from down any longer. You will question the most mundane shit as they gaslight and project any form of actual reality you had. And then, strip it all away.
- Physical Health: Our physical health begins to fail. Maybe we are gaining or losing significant amounts of weight. Perhaps we picked up an unhealthy addiction. We can’t sleep, our overall physical health is deteriorating.
- Rumination/Obsession: We will talk to anyone that will listen as we try and sort out the mess in their mind. We are looking for anyone to validate our “normal” reactions to abuse. In which the abuser gaslights them when they react to the abuse. It is never enough even when we get validation; we need more and more.
- Trust: We have trouble trusting…
