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Living With The Crazy-Making of a Narcissist
I’m sure you would not be shocked to learn I’ve been in more than one toxic relationship. I know, right? Why else would I write almost every day about the many forms of narcissistic abuse without ever seeming to run out of topics?
Who would have guessed I married a religious narcissist when I was twenty-two, then later an addict, and after his death a diagnosed narcissistic sociopath who almost murdered me twice and a few covert narcissists mixed in there too?
Boy, what a track record I have. Yeah, I seem to be a magnet for toxic men. I will probably write an article one of these days about this very topic and delve into my issues growing up as a fatherless daughter.
But today I want to use my vast experience with abusive people to help you, the reader, connect some dots on the crazy-making that accompanies all toxic relationships.
Every relationship, even with healthy people, has its own personality. With toxic connections, this is true as well but unlike normal relationships, toxic relationships all have distinct patterns.
The players may be different but the game is almost always the same. Unfortunately, I’ve collected a lot of data on this.
Crazy-making is a hallmark of toxic individuals in a variety of different exchanges. The tools…
