NPD ABUSE SURVIVORS CLUB on Clubhouse

Description

Narcissistic abuse is everywhere – we hear a lot about physical and emotional abuse, but what about narcissistic abuse? This type of manipulation and control can be slow and insidious, creeping into your relationships and destroying your sense of self before you even know what is happening. When you become a victim of narcissistic abuse, you completely lose sight of your value and the value of your needs. You drop your boundaries and surrender control to another person, and with that you surrender pieces of your personality and your happiness.
Narcissistic abuse often happens through threats, fear, and terror. Psychological mind games, gaslighting, covert and overt put-downs, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, projection, triangulation – these are some of the manipulative tactics survivors of malignant narcissists are all too familiar with.

A narcissist does not value anyone else, because they are only able to see their own needs, desires, and perspectives. Breaking free of a narcissist is only the first step in healing – in order to fully thrive in the wake of narcissistic abuse, you have to understand how this abuse impacts you and then work to correct it through understanding and self-love. Healing the wounds from growing up with a narcissist can be a long and complex process.

What exactly is a NPD?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is described by a sense of grandiosity, a lack of empathy for others and a need for admiration and superiority – problematic, immature, and selfish behaviour can also be a sign of narcissism. Narcissists often look charming on the outside but cause great pain and trauma for their victims. You come to realise that their behaviour is more than just ‘difficult’ – it is unhealthy behaviour.

If someone is in, or has been in, a relationship with someone who is a narcissist, they may be experiencing something called Narcissistic Victim Syndrome because of psychological / physical abuse in their relationship.