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“What’s important to remember is that while human beings in general can engage in toxic behaviors from time to time, abusers use these manipulation tactics as a dominant mode of communication. Toxic people such as malignant narcissists, psychopaths and those with antisocial traits engage in maladaptive behaviors in relationships that ultimately exploit, demean, and hurt their intimate partners, family members, and friends.”
― Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
― Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
“A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.”
― Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
― Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
“People pleasing does make it easier to ignore the red flags of abusive relationships at the very early stages especially with covert manipulators. We can also become conditioned to continually “please” if we’re used to walking on eggshells around our abuser.”
― Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
― Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare: How to Devalue and Discard the Narcissist While Supplying Yourself
“Covert manipulators are quite gifted at provocation. As they learn more about you, they are investigating your weak spots and catering their comments towards what they know will hurt you the most. Knowing you’re triggered by their comments gives them a sadistic sense of satisfaction that alleviates their secret sense of inferiority and strokes their delusions of grandeur, control and aptitude. Having control over your emotions also gives them the power to effectively manipulate you and convince you that you don’t deserve any better.”
― Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse
― Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse
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