The 1 Thing You Need to Hear More Than Ever After a Relationship with a Narcissist

You’re not stupid for being fooled by a narcissist. Self-doubt is the gift that keeps on giving long after you’ve realized you’ve been trying your best to share a life with one. This is because one of the primary tactics a narcissist uses to keep you distracted and unable to feel emotionally stable in your relationship is gaslighting. Gaslighting occurs when the narcissist purposefully causes you to question your memory of certain situations. It can feel like you aren’t sharing the same reality. When you start asking yourself “am I crazy?” often, it’s a good sign that you’ve been gaslit repeatedly. Self-doubt is now on autopilot and can continue even after the narcissist is long gone. You may move on to other healthier relationships and still find yourself revisiting previous encounters with a narcissist. It’s common to comb over details of past conversations and question yourself even years after the relationship ended.

“Were my relationship concerns valid?”

“Was I to blame for all of our problems?”

“Was my partner really the victim?”

Even hard evidence is questionable in the face of continued exposure to gaslighting and circular conversations that rarely lead to a healthy resolution. Continuing to doubt and re-examine doesn’t…