5 Unexpected Ways A Narcissist Ends A Relationship
The second thing that happens is everything about you becomes a massive problem. Suddenly, when a narcissist finally decides they want to leave, they can’t just say, “I’m not happy anymore.” They have to make it your fault.
Once they’ve decided to leave, suddenly everything about you becomes a massive, massive problem. They completely rewrite the history of your entire relationship. This is when they start finding terrible faults—somehow faults they never had a problem with before. They place you under a massive critical microscope, and every single thing you do is suddenly wrong—magnified.
Suddenly you’re labeled as “too emotional.” They tell you that you complain way too much. They decide your family is a massive problem. They stare at you coldly and say your personality has completely changed—that you’re just too difficult to live with.
The craziest part is that even the very things they once liked about you become the exact reasons why the relationship could never work. If they used to love your empathy, they call you weak now. If they used to love your success, they call you selfish and an overachiever now.
And you’re sitting there scratching your head, thinking, “Where was all of this six months ago? Six years ago? Why am I hearing all of this only now?” You’re hearing it now because many times they’re not trying to fix anything anymore. They’re actively building a fake narrative—a story that makes leaving you look completely justified.
By the very end of the relationship, they have successfully convinced themselves that they did not destroy the relationship. They simply had absolutely no choice but to leave someone as difficult as you.
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