Have you ever been in a relationship with someone that exhibited narcissistic patterns or behaviors? If not, your first experience may set you back emotionally and cause you to question your own sanity & self-worth. No, really.

People that display characteristics of narcissism may work to separate you from your friends and family and methodically take steps to lower your self-esteem while expecting constant admiration from you. This dynamic does things to you. The process is often so insidious and slow that the daily effects are nearly imperceivable. But just give it time….

As most narcissists have a self-created sense of perfection, they can only see issues with other people and not themselves. With that in mind, narcissists rarely voluntarily engage in therapy unless they desire the focused attention. So guess who is typically coming to therapy due to narcissistic behavioral patterns…. The person engaged in a relationship with them.

Narcissistic abuse recovery is a process that centers on aiding people in recovering their lives through empowerment.

Sense of entitlement - “I am entitled to do whatever I want. The rules don’t apply to me.”

Exaggerated self-appraisal - “I’m the best at this. Everyone else is just inferior. Only I can fix this mess.” (often self-created)

Standards are unreasonably high & increasing - That extends to people in their lives & the goalpost is ever moving.

Lack of empathy - Impaired ability to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others

Incredibly fragile ego - Highly sensitive to the most insignificant slights

Chaos & conflict follows them at every turn, but is NEVER their fault (On the extreme end, multiple lawsuits are common)

Relationships are largely superficial and exist to serve their own self-esteem regulation

Believe it or not, recovery from narcissistic abuse is absolutely possible. You can recover your authentic self and break the cycle, even if it started in your childhood via a parent. Therapy & empowerment coaching focused on the effects of antagonistic relational stress or narcissistic abuse are powerful, life-changing tools to empower you to accomplish this goal.

You can be the person that you used to be or desire to be. They already exist within you. That person is well within your grasp.

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