THREAD about #narcissistic behaviours

These behaviours are warning signs that a relationship you're in is heading into territory/ indicators of ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ & ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž.

It's likely you have at least one person in your life who does this.
These behaviours can be present in:

โœด๏ธintimate relationships
โœด๏ธfriendships
โœด๏ธprofessional relationships
โœด๏ธpersonal, cultural & professional communities
โœด๏ธfamily relationships.

In other words, anyone in your life can be controlling and abuse their power.
People who express these behaviours (not one - all) are incapable of change while you're with them as you are their narcissistic supply. It's why you feel drained after being around them.

If you're aware that this is happening to you, the options of what to do next become clear.
๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐—ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ:

๐Ÿ”ฑ support team strategies
๐Ÿ”ฑ communication strategies
๐Ÿ”ฑ withdrawal recovery strategies

Please don't tell someone they need to end it ASAP.
The approach to ending a relationship with someone who has been controlling you needs to be gentle, methodical and executed in a way that doesn't alert the other person of your plans.

Doing anything abruptly can be a shock to the nervous system that can be debilitating.
Abrupt endings are disruptive to the other person. This makes them feel threatened so they lash out and escalate the controlling behaviours OR work harder to win you over, only to keep you trapped in the dynamic.

People who are controlling & deny it CANNOT change.
There's not motivation for them to change because you've been supplying them with what they need. Your energy, time, attention, resources, love etc. But mostly your energy.

You've changed and now you have options.

DMs are open for those who need to talk this through.

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