1. Limit Your Exposure to The Narcissist.
Limit your exposure to the narcissist or to the narcissistic family as much as humanly possible. If you have to go over to their house, for example, for dinner or to exchange gifts, then tell them that your time is limited and that you have other places to go.
Stay only as long as absolutely necessary and get out of there; the longer you stay, the higher the chance something horrible is going to be directed at you. So limit as much exposure to them as humanly possible.
2. Have Realistic Expectations.
Before I knew what the problem was in my own family, every single year I had hope that things would go smoothly without any blowups or exposure to abuse. And every single year I was proven wrong and incredibly disappointed because there is usually very little hope. Some people don’t agree with me regarding this topic however I stand by it.
Hope is the most dangerous emotion that a victim of narcissistic abuse can have. So please, don’t get your hopes up for anything to be different and be realistic with your expectations. In my opinion, your focus should not be hoping things will get better this year or ways that you can keep the narcissist happy, but rather, your focus should be on strategies to keep you safe and limit your exposure to these people.
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