Detox From The Narcissist

When you leave a toxic relationship with a narcissist you have to understand that you will experience very real withdrawal symptoms. The reward and punishment that continued to happen during the relationship created neurological emotional addictions. You must see the relationship as an actual drug. Your entire life has been affected by this addiction. You will feel extreme pain as you detox.

During Love bombing, chemicals in the brain called dopamine spark feelings of happiness and excitement within our brain and bodies. Oxytocin levels increase. Cortisol a stress hormone goes down.

When we are abused, betrayed or rejected by the narcissist, this pain intensifies as memories of the lost love overwhelms the brain. Betrayal keeps serotonin levels low which fuels addiction and stimulates production of dopamine which intensifies the passion. The rejection is also very stressful which increases the production of norepinephrine, a stress hormone.

Love and addictions are activated in the emotional limbic system, not the logical thinking part of the brain. Within our limbic system resides the hypothalamus which produces small amino-acid chain sequences called peptides. Peptides are chemical formations with an exact match to every good or bad emotion we experience in the rational world. It is very important to understand that peptides are highly addictive…