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		By: Denise		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the beginning he told me how his ex girlfriends deceased husband was a horrible husband, and Father who treated her like garbage and how he was so much better to her and her kids. Yet, her Facebook wall is covered in loving photos and posts of how much they love and miss him and how he’s an angel to them, with so many loving family photos. He brags about how her family still likes his posts and how her own brother told him to get away from her because she was “crazy”. He always said she was empty inside and didn’t take care of herself. Maybe she didn’t feed into his ego and so he thought she was empty. He said she cheated on him, but he says that about all his ex girlfriends.

He never calls the mother of his teenage daughters by her name which I always found strange. Her name is “my ex”. I always thought it was strange that when he was 32 he knocked her up and she was only 22. I’d think a 32 year old man would know better. Poor girl. He said she cheated on him multiple times yet they went on to have another daughter. I feel bad for her and I’m not sure why. There’s more to that story.

In between girlfriends he was a hobo sexual (just learned that word) staying at different friends houses. He was living in a hotel when I met him. Hello?! Should have been a red flag.

I noticed he never used a credit card and asked him straight up if he was bankrupt. The answer was yes. We were looking at buying a house together. Not sure how that was gonna work.

When we broke up he blamed me for losing work, missing sporting events and spending time with his daughters which is simply not true. He is a liar and always over exaggerates.

We met online and within a week we both disabled our online accounts. We had such a strong instant connection and talked via text and phone all day and night for a month. From day one he talked about how easy it would be for him to move to my city and how easy it would be to obtain work here. We lived 1.5 hours away so we were long distance for 4 months of our relationship and lived together for less than 1 month. In the first few months we saw each other less than ten times but we already created great memories and lots of laughs. He was always very busy with work which is why he missed time with his daughters and sporting events. I never knew when he was coming or going, staying or leaving. His schedule was all over the place and I never complained. He complained about it all the time and made it appear as though I was the one complaining. He put all the pressure on himself and then made it appear that it was me putting pressure on him. I never once complained about his work schedule and/or him not making enough time for me. That was all pressure he put on himself.

Before I even met him in person he told me he loved me, we were soulmates, he’d never met anyone like me, I was beautiful, I was the most real person he&#039;d ever met and he loved that I was strong and sucessful and confident, all things he wanted in a woman. He promised me he was going to treat me like I deserve and give me a beautiful life. He promised me all this before I even met him. I was flattered. I fell for it. 3 months later he lands an amazing work opportunity in my city and he moved into my place. 1 day after he was here I wanted him to leave and never come back. I disliked him very much. He couldn’t communicate about anything, even the simplest things. He was always defensive about everything. Anytime I tried to express my feelings about something he did to upset me he ignored my feelings and told me I worried too much and needed to relax and to just let things happen. He never took responsibility for his actions always putting the blame on me and treating me like I was crazy. He always talked about how he was such a positive person but he is the complete opposite. He was always complaining about everything and blaming everyone else.

He has a biological twin brother which he hasn’t spoken to in years and blames it all on his brother. He gets very defensive whenever the topic comes up. His brother has nothing to do with his family. His whole family is a bit different. I actually dreaded meeting them to be honest. Anytime he called home it always sounded so chaotic and hectic at his parents house, yelling and not focusing on the conversation, repeating things over and over again. His parents lived with his younger sister 36 yrs old and her husband who was 10 years younger than her and their little girl. His younger sister went to Portugal and married a complete stranger 10 years younger than her and brought him to Canada. Just so old school. Although we shared the same culture which is one of the things I really liked about this guy, we grew up so differently. He grew up very old school and had a lot of those characteristics which were major turn offs for me.

One time when we were long distance I told him how much I missed him and he told me to go find a local guy instead. He had a hot mouth and would shoot it off all the time. This really hurt my feelings.

He used to buy me flowers every time he came down to see me and have roses sent to my work. Then it all stopped after he moved in. We were having dinner on a rooftop paito one day on a beautiful summer day and talking about romance and I said how I loved it and was a sucker for it, hinting that I was missing it and he said, “men can’t be too romantic or they look like pussies”

The week before he was scheduled to move in I started to feel extremely anxious and stressed out to the max. Subconsciously I knew it was a bad idea but he had gone out and secured an amazing opportunity for his business and we&#039;d talked about living a life together and him moving here so everything was falling into place, right??? I thought I loved him. I was swept away. He flattered me. After one day living together I already wanted him to leave. I knew I wouldn’t ever even be friends with this person. He thought he was smarter and better than anyone at everything. He didn’t like to be challenged and he didn’t like if anyone knew more than he did. He would never let me be right about anything. He called himself a nuclear power plant, and truly he was. He had way too much energy for one person. It was exhausting. I was married to a professional chef for 13 years so I know my way around the kitchen but this guy killed my confidence in the kitchen. He was such a picky eater which was a HUGE turn off. When I met him he pretended to be so experienced with fine foods and wine but that was a lie. 
He could never sit down to watch even 30 minutes of TV. Hello ADHD. Add that to the list. He could never just chill. He would come home after working a 12 hour day and want to go out and do something. He would wake me up every night at 12,3 and 5 am for sex. I never said no. He’d take offence to that. He thought he was the worlds greatest lover. Lol! He would only ever sleep 3-4 hours a night.

He could never make a simple decision or have a simple discussion. He made everything so much harder than it had to be. Even something as simple as dinner plans was always such a big deal. He took offence when I suggested having chicken two days in a row. 
2 weeks after he was living with me, we argued everyday. I started to believe I was the problem and even went as far as to ask my doctor for anxiety medication. He asked me all the time if I was in a bad mood but I wasn’t ever until he would assume I was. I told him that if things didn’t improve in two weeks he had to leave. That we couldn’t continue this relationship miserable. I went away the following weekend with my friends and decided that I would break up with him soon. I missed an entire week of work. I literally couldn’t get out of bed from complete mental, emotional and physical exhaustion. He sucked the life out of me. Last Tuesday we got into an argument over dinner and his lack of communication. He got made because I misunderstood something he said or didn’t say about left overs and we argued, I told him I didn’t think I wanted to continue in this relationship and he yelled that it was over and he would bring my keys the next day and hung up on me. I packed up all of his stuff and left it in the front of my place to pick up easily. I was not home when he came by. I deleted him off my Facebook and he went into a rage lashing out at me. I hurt his pride. I think he expected me to beg him to stay, to work it out. All I wanted was for him to be out of my life completely. Two days after we broke up I heard he was back online dating.

He is a Narcissist???? 

I was lucky and was smart enough to get out only 5 months into the relationship. So why do I miss this guy who never truly loved me? He went back online dating after two days....why would he do that? I&#039;m so confused.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the beginning he told me how his ex girlfriends deceased husband was a horrible husband, and Father who treated her like garbage and how he was so much better to her and her kids. Yet, her Facebook wall is covered in loving photos and posts of how much they love and miss him and how he’s an angel to them, with so many loving family photos. He brags about how her family still likes his posts and how her own brother told him to get away from her because she was “crazy”. He always said she was empty inside and didn’t take care of herself. Maybe she didn’t feed into his ego and so he thought she was empty. He said she cheated on him, but he says that about all his ex girlfriends.</p>
<p>He never calls the mother of his teenage daughters by her name which I always found strange. Her name is “my ex”. I always thought it was strange that when he was 32 he knocked her up and she was only 22. I’d think a 32 year old man would know better. Poor girl. He said she cheated on him multiple times yet they went on to have another daughter. I feel bad for her and I’m not sure why. There’s more to that story.</p>
<p>In between girlfriends he was a hobo sexual (just learned that word) staying at different friends houses. He was living in a hotel when I met him. Hello?! Should have been a red flag.</p>
<p>I noticed he never used a credit card and asked him straight up if he was bankrupt. The answer was yes. We were looking at buying a house together. Not sure how that was gonna work.</p>
<p>When we broke up he blamed me for losing work, missing sporting events and spending time with his daughters which is simply not true. He is a liar and always over exaggerates.</p>
<p>We met online and within a week we both disabled our online accounts. We had such a strong instant connection and talked via text and phone all day and night for a month. From day one he talked about how easy it would be for him to move to my city and how easy it would be to obtain work here. We lived 1.5 hours away so we were long distance for 4 months of our relationship and lived together for less than 1 month. In the first few months we saw each other less than ten times but we already created great memories and lots of laughs. He was always very busy with work which is why he missed time with his daughters and sporting events. I never knew when he was coming or going, staying or leaving. His schedule was all over the place and I never complained. He complained about it all the time and made it appear as though I was the one complaining. He put all the pressure on himself and then made it appear that it was me putting pressure on him. I never once complained about his work schedule and/or him not making enough time for me. That was all pressure he put on himself.</p>
<p>Before I even met him in person he told me he loved me, we were soulmates, he’d never met anyone like me, I was beautiful, I was the most real person he&#8217;d ever met and he loved that I was strong and sucessful and confident, all things he wanted in a woman. He promised me he was going to treat me like I deserve and give me a beautiful life. He promised me all this before I even met him. I was flattered. I fell for it. 3 months later he lands an amazing work opportunity in my city and he moved into my place. 1 day after he was here I wanted him to leave and never come back. I disliked him very much. He couldn’t communicate about anything, even the simplest things. He was always defensive about everything. Anytime I tried to express my feelings about something he did to upset me he ignored my feelings and told me I worried too much and needed to relax and to just let things happen. He never took responsibility for his actions always putting the blame on me and treating me like I was crazy. He always talked about how he was such a positive person but he is the complete opposite. He was always complaining about everything and blaming everyone else.</p>
<p>He has a biological twin brother which he hasn’t spoken to in years and blames it all on his brother. He gets very defensive whenever the topic comes up. His brother has nothing to do with his family. His whole family is a bit different. I actually dreaded meeting them to be honest. Anytime he called home it always sounded so chaotic and hectic at his parents house, yelling and not focusing on the conversation, repeating things over and over again. His parents lived with his younger sister 36 yrs old and her husband who was 10 years younger than her and their little girl. His younger sister went to Portugal and married a complete stranger 10 years younger than her and brought him to Canada. Just so old school. Although we shared the same culture which is one of the things I really liked about this guy, we grew up so differently. He grew up very old school and had a lot of those characteristics which were major turn offs for me.</p>
<p>One time when we were long distance I told him how much I missed him and he told me to go find a local guy instead. He had a hot mouth and would shoot it off all the time. This really hurt my feelings.</p>
<p>He used to buy me flowers every time he came down to see me and have roses sent to my work. Then it all stopped after he moved in. We were having dinner on a rooftop paito one day on a beautiful summer day and talking about romance and I said how I loved it and was a sucker for it, hinting that I was missing it and he said, “men can’t be too romantic or they look like pussies”</p>
<p>The week before he was scheduled to move in I started to feel extremely anxious and stressed out to the max. Subconsciously I knew it was a bad idea but he had gone out and secured an amazing opportunity for his business and we&#8217;d talked about living a life together and him moving here so everything was falling into place, right??? I thought I loved him. I was swept away. He flattered me. After one day living together I already wanted him to leave. I knew I wouldn’t ever even be friends with this person. He thought he was smarter and better than anyone at everything. He didn’t like to be challenged and he didn’t like if anyone knew more than he did. He would never let me be right about anything. He called himself a nuclear power plant, and truly he was. He had way too much energy for one person. It was exhausting. I was married to a professional chef for 13 years so I know my way around the kitchen but this guy killed my confidence in the kitchen. He was such a picky eater which was a HUGE turn off. When I met him he pretended to be so experienced with fine foods and wine but that was a lie.<br />
He could never sit down to watch even 30 minutes of TV. Hello ADHD. Add that to the list. He could never just chill. He would come home after working a 12 hour day and want to go out and do something. He would wake me up every night at 12,3 and 5 am for sex. I never said no. He’d take offence to that. He thought he was the worlds greatest lover. Lol! He would only ever sleep 3-4 hours a night.</p>
<p>He could never make a simple decision or have a simple discussion. He made everything so much harder than it had to be. Even something as simple as dinner plans was always such a big deal. He took offence when I suggested having chicken two days in a row.<br />
2 weeks after he was living with me, we argued everyday. I started to believe I was the problem and even went as far as to ask my doctor for anxiety medication. He asked me all the time if I was in a bad mood but I wasn’t ever until he would assume I was. I told him that if things didn’t improve in two weeks he had to leave. That we couldn’t continue this relationship miserable. I went away the following weekend with my friends and decided that I would break up with him soon. I missed an entire week of work. I literally couldn’t get out of bed from complete mental, emotional and physical exhaustion. He sucked the life out of me. Last Tuesday we got into an argument over dinner and his lack of communication. He got made because I misunderstood something he said or didn’t say about left overs and we argued, I told him I didn’t think I wanted to continue in this relationship and he yelled that it was over and he would bring my keys the next day and hung up on me. I packed up all of his stuff and left it in the front of my place to pick up easily. I was not home when he came by. I deleted him off my Facebook and he went into a rage lashing out at me. I hurt his pride. I think he expected me to beg him to stay, to work it out. All I wanted was for him to be out of my life completely. Two days after we broke up I heard he was back online dating.</p>
<p>He is a Narcissist???? </p>
<p>I was lucky and was smart enough to get out only 5 months into the relationship. So why do I miss this guy who never truly loved me? He went back online dating after two days&#8230;.why would he do that? I&#8217;m so confused.</p>
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		By: Melanie Tonia Evans		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up-with-a-narcissist/#comment-1093349&quot;&gt;Alex Toke-Nichols&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Alex,

You are very welcome 😊 

The emails are supplements to NARP and can be accessed here: https://www.melanietoniaevans.com/freecourse

Does that help?

If you have any further questions one of my lovely support team may be able to clarify further at support@melanietoniaevans.com

Mel 🙏💕❤️]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up-with-a-narcissist/#comment-1093349">Alex Toke-Nichols</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Alex,</p>
<p>You are very welcome 😊 </p>
<p>The emails are supplements to NARP and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.melanietoniaevans.com/freecourse" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.melanietoniaevans.com/freecourse</a></p>
<p>Does that help?</p>
<p>If you have any further questions one of my lovely support team may be able to clarify further at <a href="mailto:support@melanietoniaevans.com">support@melanietoniaevans.com</a></p>
<p>Mel 🙏💕❤️</p>
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		By: Alex Toke-Nichols		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Melanie,

Thank you for your emails with very helpful advice and information on NPD. Are these emails part of the quantum healing program? Or is there other information that I haven&#039;t yet received which is the quantum healing programme? I know I signed up for the qhp, but I&#039;m confused as to whether or not this emails are it?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks.

Best wishes,

Alex Toke-Nichols]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Melanie,</p>
<p>Thank you for your emails with very helpful advice and information on NPD. Are these emails part of the quantum healing program? Or is there other information that I haven&#8217;t yet received which is the quantum healing programme? I know I signed up for the qhp, but I&#8217;m confused as to whether or not this emails are it?</p>
<p>I look forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Alex Toke-Nichols</p>
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		By: Irena		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up-with-a-narcissist/#comment-775143&quot;&gt;Joelle&lt;/a&gt;.

Maybe your narc has a multiple personality disorder too or a split personality at least. The same was the case with mine I guess. He did not go to see a psychiatrist but sometimes felt he should have.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up-with-a-narcissist/#comment-775143">Joelle</a>.</p>
<p>Maybe your narc has a multiple personality disorder too or a split personality at least. The same was the case with mine I guess. He did not go to see a psychiatrist but sometimes felt he should have.</p>
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		By: Melanie Tonia Evans		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melanie Tonia Evans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 23:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up-with-a-narcissist/#comment-1056205&quot;&gt;Tammy&lt;/a&gt;.

Awww gosh Tammy,

My heart goes out to you. What you are going through is so painful.

That exact question is exactly what my Thriver Way to heal directly addresses what the parts inside us that need healing are. The ones that are precisely what are causing us to be bonded to these people and how to release those deep inner emotional ties and get out of this nightmare.

Please sweetheart, I’d love you to connect up to my free transformational processes that can take you step by step through this:

https://www.melanietoniaevans.com/freecourse

I hope this helps.

Mel 🙏💕❤️]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up-with-a-narcissist/#comment-1056205">Tammy</a>.</p>
<p>Awww gosh Tammy,</p>
<p>My heart goes out to you. What you are going through is so painful.</p>
<p>That exact question is exactly what my Thriver Way to heal directly addresses what the parts inside us that need healing are. The ones that are precisely what are causing us to be bonded to these people and how to release those deep inner emotional ties and get out of this nightmare.</p>
<p>Please sweetheart, I’d love you to connect up to my free transformational processes that can take you step by step through this:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.melanietoniaevans.com/freecourse" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.melanietoniaevans.com/freecourse</a></p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Mel 🙏💕❤️</p>
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		By: Tammy		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am numb to life to the last 4 years of my life with the NARC I got involved with and fell in love with. He was the picture perfect guy I thought. A cop with 3 children from a previous relationship. He treated me like I was a queen for the first few months until his jealousy became out of control. Then it only became worse. Then the verbal degrading began and it was the most horrific degrading vulgar names I could ever &quot;not&quot; write and explain to you. I have a wonderful job of 29 years with the gov&#039;t with excellent credit a comfortable savings but 4 years later my credit is ruined I am dead broke and he has done it all. Trying to buy his love to think it would change things. He has tried to ruin my name, my character my relationships with my friends and now my 23 year old daughter and I&#039;s relationship is very very disturbed because of him and how he has treated and embarrassed me and our family. I bought a very very nice 5th wheel camper with the last of my savings and in between moving back and forth he took the title which I had failed to register in my name after purchase and registered in his name only; stealing my camper. I am 6 months away from him now taking him to court for my camper, a purchase of a truck that is in my name and $30,000 worth of debt. Him being a cop everyone is afraid of him but I&#039;m tired of how he has destroyed my life. He just last week contacted my daughter and my job telling them I needed mental help and needed to be institutionalized. He also has naked pictures of me and has lied and said I have sent him these pictures and videos and him children seen them and I won&#039;t stop sending them. 

He is the most evil man I&#039;ve encountered. 

My question, I want him far from my life and my life back, but why do I suffer from being without him? Why am I still in pain and sad to admit I have days I want to pick up  the phone and hear his voice? Am I really crazy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am numb to life to the last 4 years of my life with the NARC I got involved with and fell in love with. He was the picture perfect guy I thought. A cop with 3 children from a previous relationship. He treated me like I was a queen for the first few months until his jealousy became out of control. Then it only became worse. Then the verbal degrading began and it was the most horrific degrading vulgar names I could ever &#8220;not&#8221; write and explain to you. I have a wonderful job of 29 years with the gov&#8217;t with excellent credit a comfortable savings but 4 years later my credit is ruined I am dead broke and he has done it all. Trying to buy his love to think it would change things. He has tried to ruin my name, my character my relationships with my friends and now my 23 year old daughter and I&#8217;s relationship is very very disturbed because of him and how he has treated and embarrassed me and our family. I bought a very very nice 5th wheel camper with the last of my savings and in between moving back and forth he took the title which I had failed to register in my name after purchase and registered in his name only; stealing my camper. I am 6 months away from him now taking him to court for my camper, a purchase of a truck that is in my name and $30,000 worth of debt. Him being a cop everyone is afraid of him but I&#8217;m tired of how he has destroyed my life. He just last week contacted my daughter and my job telling them I needed mental help and needed to be institutionalized. He also has naked pictures of me and has lied and said I have sent him these pictures and videos and him children seen them and I won&#8217;t stop sending them. </p>
<p>He is the most evil man I&#8217;ve encountered. </p>
<p>My question, I want him far from my life and my life back, but why do I suffer from being without him? Why am I still in pain and sad to admit I have days I want to pick up  the phone and hear his voice? Am I really crazy.</p>
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		By: Ursula Stanny		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I would like to know how a person becomes a narcissist? Please, is he/she borned that way?]]></description>
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		By: Anonymous		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Narcassist husband of 30 years left me in financial meltdown, in danger of loosing my modest home and with no resources ( he used mine up ! and when they were exhausted deserted). Looking back I realise that, over the years, I excused his selfish behaviour because I felt truly sorry for him. He was the mega high IQ child of elderly parents, obsessively adored and predicted for &#039;great things&#039;. Expected to live up to unrealistic ideals. My own background was of a stable, loving, compassionate, but sensible family from whom I inherited a sense of humour. I suppose I lived in hope for decades. The most shocking thing, and I&#039;m still astonished, was, that on seeking divorce to go off with his new love, he claimed I was abusive ( a reversal of the true situation) and enlisted the support and evidence of a posse of his friends - not one of whom had ever met me or our children. Facts are facts, and I&#039;m the one left to do my best, weekly helping out our grown up kids ( he hasn&#039;t bothered seeing them in nearly 4 years, though he&#039;s uber sentimental !). However rational and aware one maybe, and I did soon realise that there were massive discrepancies betwixt his self image and the reality,  there is an ongoing legacy of horrific damage and practical problems to cope with.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My Narcassist husband of 30 years left me in financial meltdown, in danger of loosing my modest home and with no resources ( he used mine up ! and when they were exhausted deserted). Looking back I realise that, over the years, I excused his selfish behaviour because I felt truly sorry for him. He was the mega high IQ child of elderly parents, obsessively adored and predicted for &#8216;great things&#8217;. Expected to live up to unrealistic ideals. My own background was of a stable, loving, compassionate, but sensible family from whom I inherited a sense of humour. I suppose I lived in hope for decades. The most shocking thing, and I&#8217;m still astonished, was, that on seeking divorce to go off with his new love, he claimed I was abusive ( a reversal of the true situation) and enlisted the support and evidence of a posse of his friends &#8211; not one of whom had ever met me or our children. Facts are facts, and I&#8217;m the one left to do my best, weekly helping out our grown up kids ( he hasn&#8217;t bothered seeing them in nearly 4 years, though he&#8217;s uber sentimental !). However rational and aware one maybe, and I did soon realise that there were massive discrepancies betwixt his self image and the reality,  there is an ongoing legacy of horrific damage and practical problems to cope with.</p>
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		By: Ashley Marie O'Nan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashley Marie O'Nan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am in the process of leaving a narcissist. One of the things I have done to survive being with them is divorce myself emotionally from them and their antics. It&#039;s sad because as a result of numbing myself and living in a state of apathy, I&#039;ve become numb to other aspects of my life that are positive. So far, the only reaction that has been effective is to offer them no reaction at all and to patronize them without coming off as overly patronizing. 
They still try to provoke a reaction but it&#039;s interesting to watch them lose. They are very sore losers. They will say and do the most unimaginable things to provoke a reaction of anger, hurt or defeat out of you. The only way to have any semblance of victory is to not give them that reaction. 
Narcissists aren&#039;t always all bad. They have traits that make them very winning and attractive. Otherwise, how would they secure any victims? The thing to remember is that they are very broken people. Broken beyond repair. Empaths, healers, sensitive people are drawn to narcissists because they have an innate desire to heal, to help, to repair. It&#039;s impossible to repair them. You will only lose yourself and become their prey. I don&#039;t believe that narcissism is a mental condition that is influenced by environment that can be cured. It&#039;s an incurable disease that the narcissist is born with. It&#039;s highly likely that they have a parent or close relative with this disease. 
Just like with animals (pets for instance). Some are good, easy to train, love and care for. Others, most others require work sometimes hard work but in the end, best case scenario, you have a good, loyal and devoted pet and then there are the ones that are born viscous and bad. They&#039;re impossible to care for and train even though we may love them and want what&#039;s best for them. Try caring for the innately bad, and you will get hurt and worst case scenario, potentially killed. I realize that humans are far more complex and there are grey areas, however the overlying principle remains the same. Don&#039;t sacrifice yourself, your life trying to mend something that can never be fixed. 
Narcissists are predators. They seek prey that are easy targets for them. The best thing you can do is to fiercely love yourself and to work inwardly to make yourself strong. When escaping, always keep yourself, your health, your sanity a priority. It&#039;s been hard after being with a severe narcissist for so many years to inwardly divorce myself from them. The only way to do this is through self love and self preservation. They will try to make you believe things about yourself that just aren&#039;t true. Don&#039;t believe them. Know yourself. Know that you are worthy of love. Let them go. Not for them but for you. These are things I want victims of narcissists including myself to hear and know.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am in the process of leaving a narcissist. One of the things I have done to survive being with them is divorce myself emotionally from them and their antics. It&#8217;s sad because as a result of numbing myself and living in a state of apathy, I&#8217;ve become numb to other aspects of my life that are positive. So far, the only reaction that has been effective is to offer them no reaction at all and to patronize them without coming off as overly patronizing.<br />
They still try to provoke a reaction but it&#8217;s interesting to watch them lose. They are very sore losers. They will say and do the most unimaginable things to provoke a reaction of anger, hurt or defeat out of you. The only way to have any semblance of victory is to not give them that reaction.<br />
Narcissists aren&#8217;t always all bad. They have traits that make them very winning and attractive. Otherwise, how would they secure any victims? The thing to remember is that they are very broken people. Broken beyond repair. Empaths, healers, sensitive people are drawn to narcissists because they have an innate desire to heal, to help, to repair. It&#8217;s impossible to repair them. You will only lose yourself and become their prey. I don&#8217;t believe that narcissism is a mental condition that is influenced by environment that can be cured. It&#8217;s an incurable disease that the narcissist is born with. It&#8217;s highly likely that they have a parent or close relative with this disease.<br />
Just like with animals (pets for instance). Some are good, easy to train, love and care for. Others, most others require work sometimes hard work but in the end, best case scenario, you have a good, loyal and devoted pet and then there are the ones that are born viscous and bad. They&#8217;re impossible to care for and train even though we may love them and want what&#8217;s best for them. Try caring for the innately bad, and you will get hurt and worst case scenario, potentially killed. I realize that humans are far more complex and there are grey areas, however the overlying principle remains the same. Don&#8217;t sacrifice yourself, your life trying to mend something that can never be fixed.<br />
Narcissists are predators. They seek prey that are easy targets for them. The best thing you can do is to fiercely love yourself and to work inwardly to make yourself strong. When escaping, always keep yourself, your health, your sanity a priority. It&#8217;s been hard after being with a severe narcissist for so many years to inwardly divorce myself from them. The only way to do this is through self love and self preservation. They will try to make you believe things about yourself that just aren&#8217;t true. Don&#8217;t believe them. Know yourself. Know that you are worthy of love. Let them go. Not for them but for you. These are things I want victims of narcissists including myself to hear and know.</p>
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