2. They Protect Their Abuser and Even Gaslight Themselves.
Victims in abusive relationships often use reasoning, denial, and avoidance as survival techniques. They convince themselves that the abuser isn’t all awful, or that they must have done something to cause the abuse in order to reduce the confusion that arises when someone who claims to love you mistreats you.
Reading more on the narcissistic personality and abuse methods will help you reconcile your current reality with the narcissist’s false self, by acknowledging that the abusive personality, not the attractive mask. Because they are groomed to rely on the abuser for survival an intense trauma bond is typically created between them. Victims may protect their abusers from legal consequences, project a cheerful image of the relationship on social media, and overcompensate by blaming the violence on others.
Highly Recommended: Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse.
1. They Develop Fear In Doing What They Love.
Many narcissist predators punish their victims for succeeding because they are jealous of them. Their victims learn to identify their joys, hobbies, talents, and areas of success with cruelty and mistreatment as a result of this conditioning. This causes the victims to fear success for fear of backlash and punishment. As a result, they become unhappy, worried, and insecure, and they may disappear from public view, allowing their abusers to steal the show time after time.
Recognize that your abuser is not destroying your gifts because they believe you are inferior; rather, they are destroying you because they threaten their power over you. If you’re in an abusive relationship or of any kind right now, remember that you’re not alone. Even if it feels like it, there are millions of survivors around the world who have gone through what you have. The first step is to recognize and validate the truth of your situation, even if the abuser tries to deceive you into believing otherwise.
Read More: 10 Signs You Got CPTSD From Narcissistic Abuse
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