One thing is certain with narcissists; when you separate from them and still have legal property or custody to sort out …

They will pathologically lie.

As such, you can expect fabricated stories, twisted facts and downright dirty tactics.

The narcissist is very capable of telling solicitors, police and courthouses exactly whatever lies he or she wants to try to punish you, get the upper hand and win, project blame, create smear campaigns, play the victim as if he or she has been vilified (especially when things aren’t going well for him or her), and of course, disregard any personal accountability for his or her unacceptable behaviour.

You will initially be shocked when you see the blatant lies unravel under your nose. People who enter into relationships with personality-disordered individuals usually have high integrity. As such, you may feel incredibly shattered when you think, “How on earth could I have ever been in a relationship with this person?”

Your anguish is: How on earth does someone behave like THAT? Especially someone I was having a LOVE relationship with?

Your whole sense of moving on and forward may be pulled into the narcissistic muck – the pathological “stink” – because your emotions feel so polluted by the unfathomable lies and acts that this person creates.

What Else Would You Expect?

You know you have been subjected to ridiculous conversations where the narcissist refused to remain topical, declined to answer questions, and would bring absurd examples and allies to thrust down your throat with all the logic of an angry five-year-old.

You know that he or she has created lies and smear campaigns against you in the past and continually breaks his or her word, drags up information from the past (that he or she professed to have resolved), and is never happy to live and reside in the now without projecting inner emptiness and torment onto you and making their inner demons your fault.

You know this person can lie and falsify documentation and has told you how he or she did it in the past to gain the upper hand, secure a deal or manipulate a situation.

You know that this person had no respect for integrity or karma and feels entitled to behave like this – regardless of committing fraud, breaking the law, or how it affected the integrity of an organisation or the reputation of other individuals.

You know this person is capable of faking situations, illnesses and injuries to try and gain sympathy or detract from the real issue.

You know this person is paranoid about being lined up and attacked and will resort to any lengths – criminal or pathological – to “defend” themselves, “one-up” the situation, and believe that the ends justify the means.

So truly, WHY should this be a surprise?

Narcissists are a false self – they don’t have a conscience and are great at lying. Their life is a scripted illusion of the fantasy and high acclaim they believe they are living, completely different from how they truly feel.

When the walls crumble between the illusion and the reality, the narcissist resorts to more scripted lies to try and offset his or her narcissist injury of being exposed to the world for what he or she really is – a person without real substance.

I promise you the ability to lie is an inbuilt survival mechanism. You see, narcissists believe that truth does not serve them. They believe they are unlovable and unacceptable as they are, and they carry immense shame for the way they have to operate. As such, more lies are needed to cover up the previous lies; otherwise, the narcissist will have to face the truth of who they really are – and they will avoid that at all costs.

Realise It’s Not Personal, and There Is a Gift

The narcissist’s lies are not personal – his or her lack of integrity and conscience has nothing to do with you, your life, and the creation of your truth.

What you see is a gift; it confirms the relief of knowing that you are getting this person out of your life. The relief of knowing there is no lost love with a person who is a pathological liar, and this behaviour is something that decent people with mature and healthy emotional intelligence just don’t do.

Do you know why people with moral compasses are not pathologically liars?

The answer is: that their conscience doesn’t allow them to.

Narcissists do not have that level of inner emotional equipment.

Use this experience as a blessing to further confirm that the narcissist is not your reality.

You know he or she is never to be trusted again. Remember, anyone capable of pathologically lying and operating without a conscience will never be a suitable love partner.

Now, it is your job to let go of any personalised feelings you are suffering due to taking on the brunt of the narcissist’s pathological lies.

I promise you it’s not your stuff – the narcissist’s rubbish and sickness – not yours.

So take your focus off any pain you perceive from what the narcissist is doing – and just focus calmly on being and walking your truth. Narcissists are sloppy; they are loose cannons with big mouths, push their egos forth, and tell outrageous lies – they simply can’t help themselves.

You see, narcissists act horribly, don’t take accountability and try to ease their pathological shame in attempting to prove they are right. Of course, the excuses, smear campaigns and deflections are all lies – because the narcissist will try to line you up and accuse you of exactly what he or she is doing.

Often they will state these lies by text or email.

Record all of them.

When you have the documents, statements, and witnesses to disprove the lies, do so with police, solicitors and judges calmly and clearly.

How to Bring the Narcissist’s Lies to Light

In all cases I have dealt with a person who is in combat with a narcissist’s pathology – I have seen them win easily whenever:

1) All pain, personalisation and angst regarding the narcissist’s lies are released. This allows you to shrug off the rubbish, disprove it easily, and put forward the truth.

2) When you know it is not your job to make immature five-year-old adults with low emotional intelligence act decently, you have a clean space to act intelligently and rationally.

3) Record and document all of the narcissist’s behaviour and communication. Have the dates, make the relevant connections and bring these to light with authorities factually and calmly. You will find that the authorities easily see the truth, patterns and pathologies.

4) Follow through calmly, regardless of what the narcissist throws at you, knowing you are aligned with living in integrity and truth and that you are integrity and truth. Don’t worry about the outrageous allies and smear campaigns the narcissist is trying to use against you. Know this firmly: The truth wins out – ALWAYS.

Truly, narcissistic lies are false power; they are as flimsy as the lack of reality holding them together. Truth is solid and real, and life supports you when you are in truth.

Darkness cannot operate within the light; you will see the narcissist’s hold crumble when you know that and be that.

Therefore, all you have to do is stand up in solid truth and be that calm.

If you’re not there (solid on the above 4 points), work on yourself first and don’t tackle the narcissist when taking on the pain from the muck – because if you do – he or she will win.

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I would love to hear the comments from people who have detached, focused on being true to themselves, and have seen the narcissist’s false power crumble.

Your insights will greatly benefit those individuals who still need to go through police, settlements and custody matters. As such, your post would be a lovely and inspirational contribution.