7 Things You Only Do With a Narcissist (Never with a Good Person)
A healthy relationship never demands that you hide your success, dumb yourself down, or suppress your natural talents so your partner does not feel insecure. In a healthy connection, your partner is your biggest cheerleader—celebrating your wins and feeling genuinely proud when you shine. A narcissist demands that you shrink your entire personality into a tiny, dusty box just so they can be the only star in the room. The moment you achieve something great or get a compliment, they’ll ignore it, minimize it, or bring up a past mistake just to ruin your mood. It’s like forcing a magnificent eagle to clip its own wings and crawl on the ground just so a tiny, insecure bird does not feel small watching it fly. They require you to look smaller so that they can feel bigger.
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A healthy relationship never demands that you beg for forgiveness when they are the one who actually messed up. In a normal relationship partnership, the person who causes the pain is the one who steps up, takes ownership, and obsesses over healing the wound. A narcissist demands that you swallow your pride, accept false guilt, and apologize for their terrible behavior. If you catch them lying, cheating, or disrespecting you, they will twist the narrative so quickly that within five minutes, you’re the one crying and begging for their permission to be happy again. It is the equivalent of being forced to pay a massive financial fine for a car accident that they caused while you were standing completely still on the sidewalk.
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