Although I do love your approach, and the philosophy side of things… I am still glad and very grateful that you have not shut down the narcissistic abuse recovery side of your business! You’ve put out so much great stuff, valuable resources over the years. And, there’s so many people That are new to all of this and just coming to the table of recovery. It’s good to be keeping the algorithm trained with all the fresh stuff you’re posting! And Instagram too. Sending you big American bear hugs from California! Thank you for being so open and vulnerable. Also about your last relationship, slipping back into it. There’s no shame in it, no amount of education can protect us 100% from the evil always tries to find new and different ways to slide into our life. And that dynamic of honesty, open-mindedness, willingness, sharing just as step recovery, has so much power to help others in their recovery journey, whether they are fresh or decades into it. When people are used to being lied to incessantly, and massively increasing way as we experience in a cluster B relationship, just finding one honest person can literally make the difference between life and not life. And a step in the path of awakening and healing at minimum!!
Your boundaries are not making you lose friends or family members. Your boundaries are making you lose gaslighters, emotional abusers, needy and greedy manipulators, self-centered narcissists and energy draining vampires. Keep standing up for yourself, You're doing great. And, keep going.
Never ever tell a narcissis that your leaving, plan your leave do it quickly and quietly, leaving a narcissis is the most dangerous part ,please be careful..
If they mow your boundary down,, keep saying no... they will keep trying to break them, 100s of times. Theyre the thing that wont give up...they'll always keep trying to bust your boundaries
It’s horrific that children with Narc parents cannot set any boundaries without the risk of serious and ever escalating abuse and violence against them. All the while that said parents are brainwashing the adults who would have helped these children. Very sad situation!
As a child of a narc parent, I have learnt that if saying no unleashes hell from a person who claims they love you, there was never any love their in the first place. It's easier to let go that way. It's all a facade of a loving parent but there's nothing behind. Because love does not stop, and if it stops, it's not love.
I actually dealt with this today. After I went to work, my “wife”, whose name is ironically Venus, woke up my 15 year old daughter and started yelling at her, probably cussing and saying really nasty things… that’s her MO. This is now the 3rd time in 4 weeks that my 4 year old son jumped in the middle and started apologizing, thinking it was his fault 😡 I went to work and sent her a text asking how her day was going. See below: Me: How’s ur day. Her: it’s ok. mylah (our daughter) got up really late. my day started off with me trying to wake her 2x and third time yelling at her and about her attitude. Thomas got in the middle and apologize…I apologized to mylah later and so did she..I left for work close to 10a How about you? Btw, Thomas graduating from PAT, Ms Christy’s program. It’s at 5:30p. We should be home before you though.. 😊 Me: ok. But It sucks that he keeps apologizing for something that he didn’t do. Makes me really sad, and a little bit angry. Very uncool Venus!
I got quiet. I figured out that my mom was unstable, and unpleasant, when I was about 15. I left home after high school. She still talks at me, but then I hang up and go sanitize my mind.
And when those children grow up they still have no boundaries and getting in toxic relationships and even don’t understand what’s wrong, because that’s the “normal” for them: not being heard, not being accepted, etc… then when you find out basically almost accidentally what’s going on and start saying no all hell breaks loose. Being thrown out from the family home wasn’t easy to digest, but what I find more difficult is dealing with the flying monkeys and whatever they done to you is still not enough, because some people might actually like you, or just the sheer fact that I’m still breathing, they never give up. Only what I wish is a peaceful death, and it’s hard enough to forgive myself that I wasted my life on people who just know me while I served them, but I don’t know if I ever will be able to forgive the things they did.
When I finally use the word no I am amazed to see the people were really using me as a doormat. It surprised me how they were stunned at my no. I’ve always been a yes mam
@@Cataliina_mariia it drives you nuts and gets you nowhere. But if you don’t people please they don’t care just the same. Except you have less sh@t on your lips😁
My mother was a narcissist, didn't want me as a child and from the age of 5 would tell me every day 'I only had you to keep your father'.In her old age expected me to move home to be with her,I didn't. I went completely NO CONTACT, she died a lonely old woman and don't care!!!!!!
@@whiteliner2253 my mother was a monster and she got payback, my brother is a narcissist and I believed everything that came out of his mouth, found out he was a drug dealer ,stealing her money ,thousands of pounds etc managed to change my will ,he lost over a million pounds, it's now going to charity. These people are dead to me NO CONTACT IS THE BEST WAY STAY STRONG!!!!!!
@JenGable-Justeson I know I had inflammation. And skin disorder. I changed my diet and worked to get out of stress mode. Lemon and ginger, cutting out sugar, and probiotics helps with inflammation. Budda bowls are great and salmon.
@@lookupyourredemptiondrawsn7285 Forgiveness is for the sake of resolving relationship problems to reconcile the relationship. Confession of offense and forgiveness are two sides of the same coin, we cannot have one without the other. We do not become bitter just because someone will not be sorry and we do not forgive them, we "bless those who curse us" as God said to but we do not continue a relationship in which someone is not sorry and even thinks it was alright to offend, even reoffending over and over again. Forgiveness is not something we "say", it is the canceling of a debt. "Saying" I forgive you does nothing when the offender is not sorry, that form of forgiveness is superficial and does nothing.We do not forgive to keep from being bitter, that is psychology and is superficial without resolution. When someone is sorry and the other forgives the relationship can resume even better than before.
@@MagicalFishy Confession of offense and forgiveness are two sides of the same coin, both are necessary to reconcile the relationship. We do not automatically become bitter when we do not forgive someone who is offensive. "Saying" forgiveness is not forgiveness its just words. Forgiveiness is to cancel and offense to reconcile the relationship. There can be no reconciliation unless an offender is sorry and stops the practice of offending.
"A boundary can't just be no no no no" - You're absolutely correct! I told my neighbor no 100 times and I told him to stop. It wasn't until I finally told my apartment manager about it and she spoke to him, that he finally stopped harassing me for cigarettes, stopped smoking cigarettes on his balcony, and stopped walking around with feces on himself. He doesn't operate from what's right. He operates based on what he thinks he can get away with. When he initially moved in he'd say "I hate to be a bum" when he'd ask for a cigarette. But when I stopped giving him cigarettes he'd say I was stingy and that he thought I'd have a heart. Narcissists say the right words but their actions are the complete opposite. He didn't hate being a bum at all. He felt entitled to my cigarettes and all of his other nonsense. He's nearly 60 years old but acts like a spoiled child. I actually think spoiled children act better than he does.
I said “I have boundaries” and the response was a 3 page txt message which ended “I’ve got to block you now”… For flipping real! Mental. Well done again Richard 😎
@joshangout9609 You've gotta wean them off you a bit before doing it that i've figured out while i was being viciously stalked in an online game so make yourself more unavailable coming up with a very believable excuse, get them used to it, and then bolt. That way it makes it easier for them to let go of their fantasy creating more of a sense of closure for both of you and narcissists will try to stop you gaining any closure but it's exactly what's needed. Even for them because they've still gotten too used to you being around and being attached to you in the twisted way they are, gotten too used to feeling safe with you. Even for them it's about habits and each person is a really bad habit for them.
One thing I haven’t heard you touch on is the double standard aspect of the narcissistic abuse. It’s ok for the narcissist to come and go as they please, but when their partner/spouse goes to the grocery store there are 17 phone calls, 23 texts and of course the surprise show ups. It got so bad for me I didn’t even bother to leave the house for 2 years. That’s extremely abusive and controlling. I would wake up at 2 am and he was gone God knew where but if I was to do that ohhhh boy watch out.
@@MelissaDiNapoli-zq5ic this is a weird one for me, as in my partner cheated um alot, and so I would then be insane paranoid texting her 100 times if she was out for long periods or behaving uncomfortably around me after being out. I also don't want to show up at her door now out of anger..
Setting boundaries for your own sanity and health, despite what others think about you, is so empowering. After we push through the guilt that we have been groomed to feel, establishing boundaries sets us free to become who God created us to be, along with a peace and joy that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7). Energy and creativity will be reclaimed, no longer diminished by the narcissist. Trauma bonds end when boundaries begin.
I said no to my ex narcissistic husband, regarding our kids. His revenge: he filed 5 contempts of court against me. Each held a 6 months jail sentence. Luckily the judge dismissed them all as utter nonsense. I still had a large legal bill to pay. They are vicious and cruel. I’ve been divorced 12 years, two more years of coparenting to go. The abuse never stops. I keep saying no and get the police to assist.
@@tally551Sometimes it can’t be helped. I realized my childhood would both be trial by fire and a lesson in playing the long game by age 6. No adults around who were in a position to help cared enough to try.
Mr. Grannon, today is the day I moved out of the house. I only told him yesterday that I found a place (we spoke about separation many times before). Never had so many dramas in one day as yesterday. From trying to scare me off, guilt trip, make me sympathize with him, distract me with unnecessary things, etc. I will have to go back to pick up my stuff. But I'm already feeling so much more empowered. I can't thank you enough for the encouragement. You have literally kept my sanity!
Yes! Always pushing on the boundaries and not accepting them. It becomes a personal game and challenge to get over the boundaries you’ve set for your protection. And they still expect you to love them.
Heard that before abd their world is a complete corrupt illusion lie their fakd laws theur fake gods their fake church all human trafficking trespassing abuse of the gifted and kind by sone evil fraud that uses violence hypocrisy double standards and calls themselves Christianity lol 😂
The narcissist loves to play and also finds pleasure in his attempts to break into your boundaries. It is a challenge for him, and every time you repel him, you make his saliva drool and his fangs come out. You make yourself an unattainable meal for him. For this reason, do not have mercy on him, even if he tries in any way, do not have mercy on him, even if he is alone, do not have mercy on him, do not give him any room, and try, he will turn, the monster will emerge for you, and you will see it with your own eyes, and he will not have mercy on you
I helped the narc on a daily basis for over a year cooking meals ,picking up stuff giving gifts and I don’t even live there .He was a complete taker I just shut down when I realised he didn’t give a crap about me .He just went ballistic with revenge .
I stopped helping others just cause the fake family is a gang stalking projecting bullying violent rapists racist rage evil lol just to avoid the gang stalking filth projecting gaslighting evil
You are my new savior, dude. I have been bullied and abused by my brother for so long and just recently quarantined him. Everything you are saying checks the boxes that I was right. They thrive on you doubting yourself if in some akternate reality what they're doing you deserve or something.
what an eye-opener when; you return quite a bit of time later to, their matrix. you realize it is in fact, THEIR MATRIX NOT YOURS. thank you dr. grannon.
Great description about "splitting", exactly 9 months after our relationship began, I took a crazy unhealthy decision and left my beautiful little home to move in to his old unhealthy place! Now I know his wish was to have me under his control because it was his territory but I wouldn't have done this before for anyone! I began to accept many things like his scary raging behavior instead of just going away like I would have done before and I maladapted to his hidden wicked will😢. Now I'm far away and safe. Thanks again Richard🙏🏻⚘️
The latest, I said no to her fantasy space and she flipped a switch into full blown rage via text and attacked my character and the parts of me that I have been overcoming or have internal shame attacked to them. Making up stories she suddenly heard from random people about me. It was truly disturbing to see. These people are truly dangerous.
In my experience, if you say no there will be drama and pushback. If you DO no, without asking for acceptance, just doing it - politely, clearly, respectfully and consistently, it goes quiet pretty quickly. It takes the willingness and commitment to see it through, and be prepared to lose things you hadn't budgeted for.
On point! Up until recently I had made always made an actual request (using words) for space/silence/reflection after upsets, it almost always turned into a bigger argument. After bold-faced and physically aggressive gaslighting attempt a few days ago, I finally just went silent (headphones on in shared spaces; in room/in an activity or out of house as much as possible, data-only communication when absolutely required) and it has been gloriously quiet since. He didn’t even ask why or what is going on, almost like it was expected.
Well said!! Couldn't agree more. Especially on the responsibility for how "we" behave, we know it's a lie, that motives matter, it's sad, when you see they didn't value YOU, but what they could get, take, manipulate, etc.. but then it's our responsibility to stop the sh¡+ show. Because we no longer participate. Thank you Richard 👍🏼♥️
He has full-blown NPD. His mother severely abused him and his brother before they were even in kindergarten. He confessed to me after 20 years that he likes no intimacy and no commitment. But he wanted to have children with me in 2022. We even went for fertility treatment. Still not married. He wanted to turn me into the mother symbol! I put a stop to the fertility treatment. We can not have children together, ever. Now I'm rendered dead ( because I set boundaries) even though we share bulldogs. I have never experienced anything like this in my life. It's severe abuse. I'm learning to use my life voice, my death voice, and my God voice. It was active earlier in our relationship before the abuse had started. Now I understand why he told me he can not stand the bond that my mom and I have. It all makes sense now.
They want to be the only important person and thing in your life. My ex Said to me several times “you are dead to me!!” They are the cruelest people walking this earth.
@tanyadepoalo4312 I won't ever understand such cruelty. He even laughed at people who were brought into the hospital in a very serious condition. At that point, I realised I never knew him. Fortunately, we have lived in separate houses ( his homes) since 2022. It's a 10 minute drive from his place to mine. I would never have healed if I stayed with the psychopathic narcissistic. His mother refuses to marry any man , so just like him, she rejects intimacy and commitment. There must be a genetic link there. 🤔
@@melisentiapheiffer3034 Glad you are out! Mine was the same, just want to spread his seed without any intention of being an actual parent. Take care of yourself.
Don't get stuck for the 32 years I was stuck for. He only moved out 3 weeks ago. I have NOT been able to say "no" yet. I tried to establish no contact, well, light contact. He wrapped me into it again so quickly. He is now back in his "I'm sorry, I will do ANYTHING to get you back. I will wait as long as it takes, because there is NO ONE else that I want to be with". Said these things only days after threatening to unleash a smear campaign on social media, as well as with my best friend. Only days after he said he was going to "erase" me from his life- all photos, all memories, anything that remotely reminded him of me. Yesterday, he called me to invite me to go hot tubbing at his co-worker's place. Again, AFTER he was so torturous that my young adult son told me to get a restraining order. This pattern has been happening every few days for the last few months, once I told him I was NOT going to participate in this cycle of abuse any longer. I just literally cannot do it or I will end up in a rubberized room in a mental institution. That is LITERALLY how I have been feeling.
I can relate to everything you say. They are crazy, horrible individuals who do live in their own twisted world as Richard says. I hope you can break free from your abuser’s clutches for good in the near future. Of course he’ll come out with a load of bs to get you back but literally nothing he says or promises you is true. Have a hug from me xx
I hope you have the strength to let him follow through on the "threat" of deleting the memory of you from his life. That will be the beginning of your healing, restoration and peace. Don't fall for empty words that mean nothing. Best of luck 💜
@@sharon_rose724 Well, He is still love-bombing, apologizing for being "relentless", asking me what he can do to come back into my life. AND apologizing for being "abusive" with his behavior this last week. It has been awful. He also has stalked me- showed up somewhere I went and came up behind me, unannounced, slapped his hands down on my shoulders. Freaked me out, took me by surprise, and later accused me of having "something going on" between me and my guitar player friend that was there with me. Not true. We are very good friends, and it was a blues jam that I convinced him to go to, because I am trying to help him get his art out of his head and more into his heart- getting on touch with the feeling side of the music some more. Sigh. I am SSSOOOOOO tired.
I understand you completely. Maybe your only solution is to prepare a full escape plan. It's hard and take time but it's doable. I had to move from Europe to Canada, change my name and occupation as well as get immigration alerted of his intentions of not letting go of me. It took about 2 years but I was able to escape fully. To this day I still don't use my new full name (nicknames only and nothing he would figure out and no face recognition pics, always vague) in fear I'd need to escape again, everything is under a business name too, phone, rental agreement, car... I will have to be cautious for the rest of my life but at least I got rid of my ex sociopathic narcissist. I wish you good luck and hope you find the courage to escape, but please don't tell anyone you are planning this, even your family, wait to be out and safe first. Sending you courage and love. 8 years of freedom, I wish the same for you, freedom!!!
You can do it! block him on everything and delete your social media accounts too don't second guess it do it because after a month you will instantly see how you don't need them, and it is setting a boundary by not feeling you need to tell everybody everything all the time or where you're going you just do it when you decide. It takes you back to simpler times again somewhat by distancing yourself from technology a bit and all the bad ways people are taking advantage of it all the time everything we read on them is just all about the lives of other people not ours. For your phone change your number so he can't go calling you on different numbers and make sure to only give it to your most trusted then explain to them why to never hand your number to him no matter what he says it's for or what he asks. Give him zero chance not the slightest to even so much as try to "explain" his "reasonings", he acts completely opportunistic all the time so you have to be opportunistic when needed so don't give him the any opening whatsoever because he'll see it and take it straight away seeing it as his way in. Don't be afraid to do it because he wouldn't hesitate to treat you the way he does remember that he wouldn't hesitate, why should you hesitate to do what you need to do for your safety and sanity?. Get yourself out of there girl!
Richard, as always, thank you for sharing your wisdom, experience, and expertise! A few months ago, I told my NPD "I'm not playing your game". Nearly every day since then, in one form or another(not physical...Though they did threaten to break my bedroom door down)they have been making me pay for the narcissistic injury I have caused them. If that wasn't bad enough, the head of the household is, and has always been, their enabler. Despite the abuse the enabler has seen and experienced first hand, he refuses to hold the NPD accountable for their actions. So in essence, I am daily fighting three battles. One with my own mental health issues. One against my(the family's)NPD. And one against the NPD's enabler. It is mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausting to say the least! To all who are going through something similar, I wish you peace, happiness, and freedom.
@@alpal87 Thank you for the reply, kind words and suggestions! I am currently trying to go no contact. Unfortunately, that is nearly impossible living in the same house. And to make matters worse, since I am denying the narcissist his "supply" he has repeatedly pressured the enabler to force me to have a sit down with him. There are no boundaries in this family. They are simply not allowed or respected. So yes, the best option would be for me to move out. Which I, for a few reasons, am unable to do right now. Thank you again! ✌❤ EDIT: My NPD is also a sibling. I hope that your issues with your sister are behind you. I wish you peace and happiness!
I wish more people would talk about narcissism in the family. Especially adult daughter with children. I would say this is the worst abusive relationship
it sucks when it's in the family - with me it's my sister and she has turned me into a villain who somhow is responsible for her bad choices - my family sympathizes but doesn't really see how sick she is
My ex friend had many narcissistic traits. Richard explained my relationship with this person perfectly. They constantly lied to me. Had multiple conversations about it. They continued to lie and manipulate. I’d finally had enough. She started to turn on me as I held to my boundaries. Left the friendship. My life is so much calmer now. I’ve recommended this channel to others.
I think the splitting is why I kept thinking and saying "I don't even know myself anymore", and why so many with cptsd get misdiagnosed with BPD. Thanks for some clarity, as usual, Richard.
My ex npd would say, "I hate it when you say no" My reply was, "well I guess that's a you problem " It only lasted 18ths and I was out. But I did have issues after. 3 mths on the outside almost back to 100%. Every time a thought of him or our experience comes up, I say NO 😂
My wife literally threw a temper tantrum in the middle of a shopping mall after she wondered into the Gucci store, saw a purse that she wanted, and I told her no. Back track a week… I just bought her a beautiful Louis Vuitton bag for Mother’s Day. She jumped up and down, stomped her feet and asked in a loud, whiny voice “why, am I not good enough? You don’t love me”! This was before I knew what NPD was, but I still held my ground. I felt as though I was dealing with a bratty 15 year old, complete split in an instance.
I was married 3 months to a narcissist a textbook clinical machivellian , I saw what I needed to see from the first week and there was no shared fantasy at all and no love bombing. As a former paramedic I was taking SOAP notes and sent him to a well known psychiatrist on my community. She agreed with my observations but got off the hook by saying that she doesn't live with him so she didn't see him as malignant. I noted all of his actions and separated myself twice so that I was only exposed to his toxicity for 3 weeks the rest of the time I was at home in Texas living my life and preparing to leave. Because he was living in his own private Idaho in his head...he believed that I took him to someone who he assumed was there to " help us work it out" I took him there because I wanted my request for a divorce witnessed. Due to the fact that they have no actual self and are always looking at what they look like to others. He jumped up a bit in shock and 5 minutes later said I don't want to make anyone stay who doesn't want to be with me.{Covert Pity Party} And a few hours later I had the divorce that I prayed for
“Every time a thought of him or our experience comes up, I say No.” That sounds like a good healing strategy. I think I’ll try it. Plus it gives me a giggle that you use the very word that he hated. Gotta love it. 😅
I was raised in a sadistically abusive family fueled by crime, addiction, neglect & trauma & they pushed me into a relationship w a genuine NPD abuser @ jst 13, they welcomed him w open arm's & the abuse I suffered from them all is absolutely criminal & sadistic that started when I was so young pushed onto somebody else by my family is a whole other level of fckd up & is why I ddnt have a chance against him & the nxt 25+ yrs off on were far below the 7th Circle of Hell & I now have 2 yrs away from him, complete radio silence, moved town's & ALL my 411 so he only has my sister for the 411 & I made sure to tell her keep her mouth fckng shut for the trauma bond is so strong that I legit can't say NO to him once he's around, can't tell him to leave & the beginning of 2022 I was a hostage in my own apt & it was bad far worse than ever so I did my absolute bestest to go off the grid as far as he's concerned for fck that shit, nope. Over it. 2 yrs & counting day by day. 🤓🤓🤓
True. Sickness, deterioration and split have happened to me after I left. It has been two years and there’s is finally some recovery and hope. You have helped me Richard. I learned a lot from you. Very grateful. It has been almost two decades, wasted. Interesting how it all has changed me. My strength has grown back from the ashes. I have lost a lot. Professionally, financially, etc. But I am taking steps to repair damage and rebuild my life. I will be a different person, already am. More compassionate, with different priorities. No, do not harbor vengeance or have ill will but justice must be done. I took your course and still listen to you in that it is good and refreshing to learn from an intelligent and educated individual. Learning is so very important. Thank you Richard! Be well.
My brother is caught in the web of a narcissist. They have been together for years. He changed so much and has been gaslighted/brainwashed by this woman to the point our parents and family dont want to see him. So difficult to help, he cant see what is happening.
I've been questioning whether my ex was really suffering NPD but this video and your explanation of the process of the relationship and what it does to the partner of the NPD person just removed ALL doubt. Thank you for the work that you are doing Richard. You are truly helping people. I appreciate you calling out us who go into these relationships too. We cannot heal and change if we don't admit our part in it all.
When he doesn't even say he'll change, but he persists in blaming ME for his terrible treatment of me! NO. Absolutely not tolerating this. It's a twisted, through-the-looking-glass world he's in, where he can behave horribly for no discernable reason, with no provocation by me, and it's my fault somehow - AND I am at fault for setting a boundary here! Narcissist, or sociopath, I don't care what the label is, I refuse to tolerate it.
My exgf spoke to me in such a degrading and spiteful manner that I finally called her out on it. She told me she was sorry she just used "fewer words than were in her head." Which made me even more upset, like I don't know what I heard. She couldn't bring herself to just acknowledge it happened. She then stayed mad and stonewalled and verbally abused and mistreated me for the next 3 days, like I was the offending party. I finally broke it off and she moved on to a new bf posting all over FB within 3 weeks. I blocked her everywhere possible. I don't miss her but the trauma bond and rumination absolutely suck. And I feel stuck. I knew she was bad when I met her and I ignored every red flag. So I pay the price for my stupidity. Thank the Lord we didn't get engaged or have a baby.
While these videos help me understand my own personal experiences, and help me deal with my daughter, who is displaying more than just a few traits herself, the videos help me see more and more how society is displaying these traits as a whole. I have been saying that the people are under NPD abuse from the governments, and society is infected with increasing numbers of those affected.
Thanks.. Hearing you talk makes me realise I do the right thing by saying no. No to myself. The cost of leaving is high .but still the best ..I feel the pain but I sleep normal and have my joy back since I'm on my own again...
3:20 omg this so explains the effect my brother had on me. I’d been quite a sweet kid I guess you could say and then that’s the thing my brother really used to target and for a number of years I then became convinced it was a bad side of myself and am only starting to regain it in the last year thank god
That's why I trust myself the most. After experiencing narcissism at home, at work and in my personal relationships, I learned how to be fully independent as a way to preserve my sense of Self and integrate more of my Higher Self!
Thank you Richard. Always adding another dimension to their condition that provides more clarity. Setting boundaries. After 8 years that’s what finished it. Each boundary I articulated, his behavior worsened. There was always a punishment after. Either immediately, raging then running away or withdrawing emotionally or becoming less available. I finally got to the point of … IM DONE. As you say I finally gave up hope. He will not change and I cannot be with someone who behaves this way. Feels so good to have the drama and chaos out of my life.
I just said No to an N after they asked me the same question a couple weeks ago and just asked again today…totally ignoring my first explanation as to why it was a No. (I could almost feel the horns growing as their whole mood changed 🤭) This pattern of pushing my boundaries is so obvious now when it occurs. Kinda funny to observe how consistently they try to manipulate acting as though they forgot the original No. Thank you for your continued dedication , I’ve come along way learning from you in the last 10 years. It feels so good to be able to trust my feelings say “NO” and see thru when I’m being manipulated 🙌
Yes!! Ex friend would always play the “ I don’t remember saying or doing that”. Or didn’t remember the conversation about her unkind behavior. “I did that? Ha! I don’t even remember”, with a sing song sooorrrrry at the end. Then laugh. It was maddening.
Talk about synchronicity... So today, after 8 years of being in a relationship, and 16 months of a steady process of realising my partner displays NPD after schooling myself over the last few months thanks to YOU Rich, ive realised exactly what i was living, had a person literally describing my daily life with her, and the abhorrent behaviour (vulnerable & covert). Today, I said 'No' and stood my ground to a very selfish and expectant demand which became repeated and habitually demanded....and I finally had the balls to say "No" As a result, I've been told they want a divorce....which I'm happy to give because quite frankly...I see it as an opportunity for freedom from a relationship which has made me ill and not myself for a long time, and felt like a commodity who was expected to live up to unrealistic demands. Thankyou for you videos Richard, you've helped someone you actually know, however we've not seen or spoken for many years. I just wanted to say thankyou, and I hope you're well.
I need this course! 30 years of emotional abuse and today I’m going to begin to have him be of zero significance in my life! I’m so very grateful for your in depth knowledge of these “troubled souls”! Hope to catch a live chat/teaching! God bless us all!🙏
i worked at a film studio for the first time as a production assistant almost the whole staff were dysfunctional i thought i was back in junior high school
I am a new subscriber; glad I found your channel. After escaping a serious LTR that was dangerous I swore to educate myself as much as I could on personality disorders to keep myself safe. But, I think I have more NPD's around me than I thought. Nothing close to me but I have to keep cautious. Thank you for your education.
It takes something to not walk around in the fear/frustration/resentment, especially in a shared spaces. Gray-rocking always felt weird to me, and I think realized it was because I was really just spending all my energy trying to avoid them… and thinking about how to avoid them, and if avoiding them would make them mad, etc - so they still somehow “won” my attention. Now I am trying to take that energy and actively turn it toward myself, with a focus on discovering, aligning, and walking in my Truths. I am trusting that I will have plenty of time to process all the chaos and pain once I’m in a safe space to do so, and a firmer faith in doing what is right for myself I imagine will probably go a long way with that. Three years ago my Mom was killed by domestic assault, and it had taken me this long to see just how deep this pattern of codependency still runs, and the dangers of not truly interrupting it for good. I pray all the beautiful souls coming to the comment section of an abuse video for help realize that you already are and always have been perfect, whole, and complete. You are loved and you’ve got this!
I thought I was going mad. Couldn't sleep, stressed, when I told my GP and the Gp asked what might be the cause of the stress and depression, I had no answer. My work is great, but when am coming bk home, I get this feeling of worthlessness, anything I say gets deflected and I end up being accused of something I have no idea about. The headaches every day oh God.pain killers became my snack. But what amazed me was my partner would look at me in my sorry state and say things like, ur over thinking ..... (any nasty word she would come up with) . I look at her In shock then she smiles, when I ask, what's funny ,she tells me am so uptight ,I can't take a joke, then I get even more angry and confused. As I try to ask her to explain her self she walks away with earphones in her ears. Anything I say from then never gets replied too but she gives me this nasty look accompanied with eye-rolling. But it all starts with me asking a simple question which am of the impression requires just a basic simple yes or no. At the end I regret even asking the question in the first place.
I hope you manage to get away from this person. I am reading this and sounds similar to what I have experienced, but difference being I have my own place. But the feeling of unbelievable stress, sleeplessness, headaches (my headache tablet consumption alone has kept my little pharmacist in business), etc etc I am only too familiar with. I have found the only thing that truly works is to walk and go no contact. Hardest thing I have done and I have failed at it often over the past three yrs. But at some point the realisation sets in that one can either allow for this to continue and be a victim, or extricate oneself for the sake of one’s health - physical and emotional. I don’t want to get physically sick over this. I want the positive energy to return. And I dare say you will want the same for you. Pls for your own sake / walk away from this person. And the best of luck.
Exactly! I encountered these same women over and over again! No means No! They will never accept these two simple letters!! They go off the rails again, but too bad! I will keep God close and closer, in prayer at ALL times with ALL the Holy Angels! Run far away from them. Betcha, they start stalking again! Psychos don’t understand NO!🙏❤️🕊🌟🎶🌹
Just learning for the first time to answer "no" is a piece of work Another piece of work is discerning when you have and should give that answer... And discerning people who for sure deserve your "no" is another big piece of work And good luck for all on this pathway 🍀
I know you are so right. The moment I defend my boundaries (the ones we agreed upon, after I discovered one of his long term affairs for crying out loud!) he discarded me. I took down his mask, threw him out of the house (because he really crossed my boundaries big time) and now he is turning it around on me. I’m the one who threw him out, just like that, out of the blue. He has convinced his therapist, his new ‘girlfriend’ (months after a twenty year deep and intense relationship, with marriage and child) and everyone else. I have to admit, I’m baffled, don’t know how to get out. I know what’s going on, but I just cannot fathom it. He faked 20 years. He took 20 years of my (prime) life and now, according to him, I just have to “get over it”. HOW!? This is going on for some years. I know realistically what’s happening, but I just cannot wrap my mind around it. It’s devastating.
Thank you so much for this. I can’t express how much relief I feel at hearing another human being so clearly describe what I have been through and why it affected my mental health so much! Very cathartic.
The biggest strength I had was Knowing My Truth and calling them out. Whether it be a brother, sister, friend or boyfriend. God has always been my truth teller and my guides have been my angels. Many times I have spent some time Blinded ( believing in the false narrative) but sooner or later the Light shown through and the truth set me free.
100% agree with everything you said. It ends up a strategic war. I went to the darkest places and if I I did not go through six years of being in a narcissistic abusive relationship and leaving it I would not have been changed forever so radically. He kept trying to come back and think I was going to fall back into the lies, cheating, manipulation, gaslighting, ghosting which was to put me back in my box and set his boundaries and expectations. I realised this was about me more than him and my boundaries, expectations and emotionality. I dived deep to pull it all apart and most of my expectations went back to my childhood and the consequence of having a narcissistic father as a male role model who was physically and emotionally abusive. Self centered and full of rage and self gratification. His mood swings controlled wether I was happy or sad, scared or safe. I was always seeking his approval to feel whole. Ironically I have had to move both him and my mother in due to their health and he has not changed and will not change. He soon found out I am not the scared child he controlled through his behaviours. And he will launch character assassinations, yell, rant and rave to try to intimidate and have his way. Though being aged he cannot use physical violence as a tool anymore. My mother still feeds the situation and stands by his side loyally making excuses and sacrificing her happiness for his. My brother has not see either of them for many many years. Still angry at his childhood treatment and both parents refusal to see wrong or change their toxic behaviours. Sad really especially for my mother.
Just enforcing the boundaries. They have no respect for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, now they want to my ibsesseive, then. Possessive, and then super controlling? Violating you at every chance they can get which is extremely wrong. The punishment isnt mines,it's theirs, and its not revenge, its not vengeance, its justice. They ruin my body and if it would've kept on going, I would've been dead with everything about me, destroyed. I never thought I would say it but just like those Vietnam vets, better them than me.
There are some things worse than death and they were trying to do that very same things to me. I was super stripped of my life and the world to the max. They're evil. I was saved. And if it will come at the cost of their life and limb then I don't want it. They need to change.
Anyone who has that emotional overlay, that enmeshment where I AM you and you ARE me but of course I AM the one in charge of us… is going to insist upon no boundaries because not controlling their supply makes them feel out of control themselves. Meanwhile, of course, you’re becoming a ghost who can’t interact with anything.
I'm at the stage where i say no to myself, saying no to him is not worth it, the abusive rage is too extreme. I'm keeping it too myself until I'm able to silently leave. I focused for 5 years on his childhood trauma and now I've learnt i really can't help him and I've only ended up sick
When It's a Whole town tried for so long to break you down and take the most precious folk in your life, like your kids.. I going to This slow process. I'm not longer there, but Those memories wake me up at nigth. ❤❤ We are SAFE...
Am only on day 3 of no contact - not going to lie - it’s tough - a lot of trauma bond - but am already noticing a bit of a sense of calm settling in - I just hope and pray I will be able to stay strong enough to stay away - I know this narc doesn’t think I will really stay away - how would he - I have always gone back / but this time feels different - he’s overplayed his hand and the realisation has set it that if I don’t stick w this now, I will end up in serious trouble And most importantly, I want my life back, my independence, my independence of thought, of knowing right from wrong, the needless apologising, the agony of days of silent treatment, the narcs rudeness and disdain, the vile devalues when already down and broken The author of these videos I find is one of the best on TH-cam Watching a bunch of them is helping a lot
Some others worth watching: Dr Ramani, Dr Les Carter, Jerry Wise, and a recent discovery Elephant in the Room. Please give yourself love, honesty, empathy, and attention. Listen to what you feel and think. It takes time to process this awful abuse. Such abusers are unworthy of your loyalty, love, or trust. Good luck!
You can put them on a behavior plan. They will either show you an ability to pick and choose their behavior or they will leave you. You will see an extinction burst. Ride it out and you'll win.
Thank you Richard Grannon! Only 2 months in and so damaged by The Narcissist. I came out before watching this video as I lost my husband recently and promised myself I would never give into someone who hurts me. Still, your video brings so much comfort. Thank you!
My mother was a narcissist and she used to always tell us three kids that we had shit brown eyes just like our dad. She died young at 54 and the sad part is I don’t even miss her.
Two years in, (almost), nothing changed. Nothing grew. Stayed stagnant and unfulfilling for me. Lies by omission, and the stonewalling, the sadistic insults, and backhanded compliments. He must be in. wORLD of hurt. I won’t be his designated punching bag. I am strong. I did my homework this past 1.5 years. I know more than I ever wanted to know about this. And I “check the math”, by asking myself, would ANY of my male friends treat me this way. NO. They would not. Secure men lift women up, not tear them down. Over time ther was less and less we could talk about, until there was nothing. I have a joyful life ahead of me. That’s where I am going. He is not invited.❤
They discard you and discard their own children too and focus on their new supply. I accepted it and moved on living my life and kept shinning and he doesn't exist. They always reap what they sow especially as they're getting older. I feel sorry for whoever he is with because that person has zero idea of who that monster is.
Did this, started to say No, completely cut this particular person from my life (family member) and four years later with no contact I'm feeling normal more than at any time of my life.. This person has been triangulating like crazy in an effort to 'get' to me. Utterly insane when you actually take a few steps back and out of their influence and you can see clearly exactly what was happening. Disturbing. I recommend this course from Richard , I honestly could not have done it without his help here, it's not easy but what he says is true, they can and DO become utterly inconsequential in your life.
You can set boundaries, but when you dont know the lies from truth it is difficult to find those boundaries and barriers, even when one is trying to heal. I really appreciate your insight and taking the ti.e to explain in practical ways how we can better ourself and others. Great video
My daughter has finally agreed to move out of the house, away from her narcissistic baby daddy . We are helping her to see how he has effected her. Someone that was a caring loving and strong willed confident person turned into a crying exausted, insecure person. She will not tell him when she is leaving. Almost everything is in place
I experienced the breakdown you described, almost verbatim…. went to outpatient, started a bunch of meds, now I have stomach ulcers and just found out I probably have lupus. She ruined my life, mentally and physically. I often spend my day begging to be normal again. It feels like a virus and I was blaming myself for the symptoms. Thank you for the insight.
7 months away and the spell is truly broke. He has at least 5 in his energy. I'm slowly putting my life back together. And yes I did say NO and been no contact since April.
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Although I do love your approach, and the philosophy side of things… I am still glad and very grateful that you have not shut down the narcissistic abuse recovery side of your business! You’ve put out so much great stuff, valuable resources over the years. And, there’s so many people That are new to all of this and just coming to the table of recovery. It’s good to be keeping the algorithm trained with all the fresh stuff you’re posting! And Instagram too.
Sending you big American bear hugs from California!
Thank you for being so open and vulnerable. Also about your last relationship, slipping back into it. There’s no shame in it, no amount of education can protect us 100% from the evil always tries to find new and different ways to slide into our life. And that dynamic of honesty, open-mindedness, willingness, sharing just as step recovery, has so much power to help others in their recovery journey, whether they are fresh or decades into it. When people are used to being lied to incessantly, and massively increasing way as we experience in a cluster B relationship, just finding one honest person can literally make the difference between life and not life. And a step in the path of awakening and healing at minimum!!
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@@RICHARDGRANNON thanks Richard, you are always stop on,I am a strong woman. Thank you
Your boundaries are not making you lose friends or family members. Your boundaries are making you lose gaslighters, emotional abusers, needy and greedy manipulators, self-centered narcissists and energy draining vampires. Keep standing up for yourself, You're doing great. And, keep going.
Never ever tell a narcissis that your leaving, plan your leave do it quickly and quietly, leaving a narcissis is the most dangerous part ,please be careful..
It’s not that serious lol
How to do so, if the apartment is yours and you need to get divorced. Meaning he/she needs to go?
Yes I agree with you.
They can still manipulate your life and try to destroy you even after you have left through friends and family.
Behavior is a language.
Listen...
Yes!
Nonverbal, speaks, listen with your eyes.
Best indication of future behavior is past behavior. So true- deeds matter. Words are just words.
True that!
Oh boy, when you say "No" all hell breaks loose!
Yes !
I agree!
Boundaries without enforcement never work. Be ready to enforce them. (Leave, stop talking, stop financially supporting, whatever.) And stand firm.
If they mow your boundary down,, keep saying no... they will keep trying to break them, 100s of times. Theyre the thing that wont give up...they'll always keep trying to bust your boundaries
@@TR-nv3if exactly. Sadly been learning this the hard way.
It’s horrific that children with Narc parents cannot set any boundaries without the risk of serious and ever escalating abuse and violence against them. All the while that said parents are brainwashing the adults who would have helped these children. Very sad situation!
As a child of a narc parent, I have learnt that if saying no unleashes hell from a person who claims they love you, there was never any love their in the first place. It's easier to let go that way. It's all a facade of a loving parent but there's nothing behind. Because love does not stop, and if it stops, it's not love.
I actually dealt with this today. After I went to work, my “wife”, whose name is ironically Venus, woke up my 15 year old daughter and started yelling at her, probably cussing and saying really nasty things… that’s her MO. This is now the 3rd time in 4 weeks that my 4 year old son jumped in the middle and started apologizing, thinking it was his fault 😡 I went to work and sent her a text asking how her day was going. See below:
Me: How’s ur day.
Her: it’s ok. mylah (our daughter) got up really late. my day started off with me trying to wake her 2x and third time yelling at her and about her attitude. Thomas got in the middle and apologize…I apologized to mylah later and so did she..I left for work close to 10a
How about you?
Btw, Thomas graduating from PAT, Ms Christy’s program. It’s at 5:30p. We should be home before you though..
😊
Me: ok. But It sucks that he keeps apologizing for something that he didn’t do.
Makes me really sad, and a little bit angry.
Very uncool Venus!
I got quiet. I figured out that my mom was unstable, and unpleasant, when I was about 15. I left home after high school. She still talks at me, but then I hang up and go sanitize my mind.
And when those children grow up they still have no boundaries and getting in toxic relationships and even don’t understand what’s wrong, because that’s the “normal” for them: not being heard, not being accepted, etc… then when you find out basically almost accidentally what’s going on and start saying no all hell breaks loose. Being thrown out from the family home wasn’t easy to digest, but what I find more difficult is dealing with the flying monkeys and whatever they done to you is still not enough, because some people might actually like you, or just the sheer fact that I’m still breathing, they never give up. Only what I wish is a peaceful death, and it’s hard enough to forgive myself that I wasted my life on people who just know me while I served them, but I don’t know if I ever will be able to forgive the things they did.
I fought back. Shr called the cops on me and she got arrested. Kept her hands to herself, but the lies in my youth were insane.
When I finally use the word no I am amazed to see the people were really using me as a doormat. It surprised me how they were stunned at my no. I’ve always been a yes mam
this
Yes!! Some are actually really taken aback.
I think I’m still a yes mam and I need to learn how to stop pleasing people especially at work people I don’t even fucking know it’s ridiculous
@@Cataliina_mariia it drives you nuts and gets you nowhere. But if you don’t people please they don’t care just the same. Except you have less sh@t on your lips😁
@@jinxypop13 Entitlement: feel they can walk all over you.
My mother was a narcissist, didn't want me as a child and from the age of 5 would tell me every day 'I only had you to keep your father'.In her old age expected me to move home to be with her,I didn't. I went completely NO CONTACT, she died a lonely old woman and don't care!!!!!!
I am so sorry that was said to you
@@olivia_992 what she used to call me I would not repeat
Omg😢 my daughter 25 & I would Never say such words to her…. ( Keep going!! 👍🏾
@@whiteliner2253 my mother was a monster and she got payback, my brother is a narcissist and I believed everything that came out of his mouth, found out he was a drug dealer ,stealing her money ,thousands of pounds etc managed to change my will ,he lost over a million pounds, it's now going to charity. These people are dead to me NO CONTACT IS THE BEST WAY STAY STRONG!!!!!!
the future my mom will have
By saying 'no' you take their primary tool away: their control over you. And how they hate that!
With every “no” they hear, they have to come up with something else. It never ends. It’s the narcissistic waterfall.
I got autoimmune diseases after the psychological damage
So did I. I became very ill.
How do you get out of that space???
I believe it ! What did you end up being diagnosed with ?!? A skin disorder, or other diagnosis ?
I have autoimmune as well.
@JenGable-Justeson
I know I had inflammation. And skin disorder.
I changed my diet and worked to get out of stress mode.
Lemon and ginger, cutting out sugar, and probiotics helps with inflammation.
Budda bowls are great and salmon.
Mercy and forgiveness is only for those who are sorry and change their behavior.
Without forgiveness you cannot truly be at peace. However, forgiveness does not mean forgetting.
Yes. Those who actually repent
@@MagicalFishyit also doesn't mean allowing them access into your life
@@lookupyourredemptiondrawsn7285 Forgiveness is for the sake of resolving relationship problems to reconcile the relationship. Confession of offense and forgiveness are two sides of the same coin, we cannot have one without the other. We do not become bitter just because someone will not be sorry and we do not forgive them, we "bless those who curse us" as God said to but we do not continue a relationship in which someone is not sorry and even thinks it was alright to offend, even reoffending over and over again. Forgiveness is not something we "say", it is the canceling of a debt. "Saying" I forgive you does nothing when the offender is not sorry, that form of forgiveness is superficial and does nothing.We do not forgive to keep from being bitter, that is psychology and is superficial without resolution. When someone is sorry and the other forgives the relationship can resume even better than before.
@@MagicalFishy Confession of offense and forgiveness are two sides of the same coin, both are necessary to reconcile the relationship. We do not automatically become bitter when we do not forgive someone who is offensive. "Saying" forgiveness is not forgiveness its just words. Forgiveiness is to cancel and offense to reconcile the relationship. There can be no reconciliation unless an offender is sorry and stops the practice of offending.
"A boundary can't just be no no no no" - You're absolutely correct! I told my neighbor no 100 times and I told him to stop. It wasn't until I finally told my apartment manager about it and she spoke to him, that he finally stopped harassing me for cigarettes, stopped smoking cigarettes on his balcony, and stopped walking around with feces on himself. He doesn't operate from what's right. He operates based on what he thinks he can get away with. When he initially moved in he'd say "I hate to be a bum" when he'd ask for a cigarette. But when I stopped giving him cigarettes he'd say I was stingy and that he thought I'd have a heart. Narcissists say the right words but their actions are the complete opposite. He didn't hate being a bum at all. He felt entitled to my cigarettes and all of his other nonsense. He's nearly 60 years old but acts like a spoiled child. I actually think spoiled children act better than he does.
i'm glad you were able to indentify and deal with the problem. Many suffer that for decades from family members.
thanks for sharing. That describes the position I am in
Getting out and off the drama triangle and on the empowerment triangle as I keep walking away from crazy 🚶
@@krusher74 Thank you.
Worst Nightmare the neighbour that is so bad you sell and leave to get away from yeesh
I said “I have boundaries” and the response was a 3 page txt message which ended “I’ve got to block you now”…
For flipping real! Mental. Well done again Richard 😎
😅😅😅😅😅😅
healthy person would have responded: "ok cool, that's awesome, my bad!"
Oh no way. Mine did the same thing!!! What? Of course, not even 24 hours later, he broke his "no contact".. Haha. It's so sad, actually...
@joshangout9609 You've gotta wean them off you a bit before doing it that i've figured out while i was being viciously stalked in an online game so make yourself more unavailable coming up with a very believable excuse, get them used to it, and then bolt.
That way it makes it easier for them to let go of their fantasy creating more of a sense of closure for both of you and narcissists will try to stop you gaining any closure but it's exactly what's needed. Even for them because they've still gotten too used to you being around and being attached to you in the twisted way they are, gotten too used to feeling safe with you. Even for them it's about habits and each person is a really bad habit for them.
Count your blessings - you won.
One thing I haven’t heard you touch on is the double standard aspect of the narcissistic abuse. It’s ok for the narcissist to come and go as they please, but when their partner/spouse goes to the grocery store there are 17 phone calls, 23 texts and of course the surprise show ups. It got so bad for me I didn’t even bother to leave the house for 2 years. That’s extremely abusive and controlling. I would wake up at 2 am and he was gone God knew where but if I was to do that ohhhh boy watch out.
So similar for me! Double standards all the time.
@@MelissaDiNapoli-zq5ic this is a weird one for me, as in my partner cheated um alot, and so I would then be insane paranoid texting her 100 times if she was out for long periods or behaving uncomfortably around me after being out. I also don't want to show up at her door now out of anger..
Setting boundaries for your own sanity and health, despite what others think about you, is so empowering. After we push through the guilt that we have been groomed to feel, establishing boundaries sets us free to become who God created us to be, along with a peace and joy that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7). Energy and creativity will be reclaimed, no longer diminished by the narcissist. Trauma bonds end when boundaries begin.
Just made me think of our gov and society. Inverting what is good/bad
Circus Corona.
It’s opposite land!
It's in the Bible. They will call what is good bad, and what is bad they will call good.
@CaseyLee-bd5fiduality
@@alpal87 seeing all these "good people" rioting against other truly innocent individuals in the UK for example.
I said no to my ex narcissistic husband, regarding our kids. His revenge: he filed 5 contempts of court against me. Each held a 6 months jail sentence.
Luckily the judge dismissed them all as utter nonsense. I still had a large legal bill to pay.
They are vicious and cruel.
I’ve been divorced 12 years, two more years of coparenting to go. The abuse never stops.
I keep saying no and get the police to assist.
Never let a narcissist know your game plan … surprise is the best form of attack
Let them underestimate you, it's your best defense.
Why do you even have a game plan? That's what narcissistic people do. Walk the hell away from any games.
@@tally551Sometimes it can’t be helped. I realized my childhood would both be trial by fire and a lesson in playing the long game by age 6. No adults around who were in a position to help cared enough to try.
I agree, because they WILL sabotage !
Mr. Grannon, today is the day I moved out of the house. I only told him yesterday that I found a place (we spoke about separation many times before). Never had so many dramas in one day as yesterday. From trying to scare me off, guilt trip, make me sympathize with him, distract me with unnecessary things, etc. I will have to go back to pick up my stuff. But I'm already feeling so much more empowered.
I can't thank you enough for the encouragement. You have literally kept my sanity!
They have to control
Reprogramming takes a while.
Yes! Always pushing on the boundaries and not accepting them. It becomes a personal game and challenge to get over the boundaries you’ve set for your protection. And they still expect you to love them.
The narc before i went no contact told me that “i dont live the real world”. I think that is the ultimate compliment coming from the narc 🥳🥳🥳
They're projecting
@@bravesoul7777 I prefer to "don't live in the real world" sometimes it's a break from the harassment
Heard that before abd their world is a complete corrupt illusion lie their fakd laws theur fake gods their fake church all human trafficking trespassing abuse of the gifted and kind by sone evil fraud that uses violence hypocrisy double standards and calls themselves Christianity lol 😂
I have been told this multiple times by my husband.
@@rmiller6356 oh wow they do have the same script 😂😂😂
The narcissist loves to play and also finds pleasure in his attempts to break into your boundaries. It is a challenge for him, and every time you repel him, you make his saliva drool and his fangs come out. You make yourself an unattainable meal for him. For this reason, do not have mercy on him, even if he tries in any way, do not have mercy on him, even if he is alone, do not have mercy on him, do not give him any room, and try, he will turn, the monster will emerge for you, and you will see it with your own eyes, and he will not have mercy on you
Amen!!!!!
Yes it's like a sort of cult and the manipulation is mind blowing as it runs in the family.
YES! I’ve had a bunch of really bad in laws & it’s creepy & just like a cult!
I helped the narc on a daily basis for over a year cooking meals ,picking up stuff giving gifts and I don’t even live there .He was a complete taker I just shut down when I realised he didn’t give a crap about me .He just went ballistic with revenge .
I stopped helping others just cause the fake family is a gang stalking projecting bullying violent rapists racist rage evil lol just to avoid the gang stalking filth projecting gaslighting evil
You are my new savior, dude. I have been bullied and abused by my brother for so long and just recently quarantined him. Everything you are saying checks the boxes that I was right. They thrive on you doubting yourself if in some akternate reality what they're doing you deserve or something.
what an eye-opener when; you return quite a bit of time later to, their matrix. you realize it is in fact, THEIR MATRIX NOT YOURS. thank you dr. grannon.
If you say “no”, than they get angry, but they play at first they games with you, when you feel loved just to devalue and then discard you.
When I said I’ve got boundaries he replied with laugh and a sentence - what boundaries ? You don’t have any boundaries 🤦🏻♀️
Mine would always criticize me for my "inability to make or hold boundaries". Sounds very familiar
Great description about "splitting", exactly 9 months after our relationship began, I took a crazy unhealthy decision and left my beautiful little home to move in to his old unhealthy place! Now I know his wish was to have me under his control because it was his territory but I wouldn't have done this before for anyone! I began to accept many things like his scary raging behavior instead of just going away like I would have done before and I maladapted to his hidden wicked will😢. Now I'm far away and safe. Thanks again Richard🙏🏻⚘️
The latest, I said no to her fantasy space and she flipped a switch into full blown rage via text and attacked my character and the parts of me that I have been overcoming or have internal shame attacked to them. Making up stories she suddenly heard from random people about me. It was truly disturbing to see. These people are truly dangerous.
In my experience, if you say no there will be drama and pushback. If you DO no, without asking for acceptance, just doing it - politely, clearly, respectfully and consistently, it goes quiet pretty quickly. It takes the willingness and commitment to see it through, and be prepared to lose things you hadn't budgeted for.
On point! Up until recently I had made always made an actual request (using words) for space/silence/reflection after upsets, it almost always turned into a bigger argument. After bold-faced and physically aggressive gaslighting attempt a few days ago, I finally just went silent (headphones on in shared spaces; in room/in an activity or out of house as much as possible, data-only communication when absolutely required) and it has been gloriously quiet since. He didn’t even ask why or what is going on, almost like it was expected.
Well said!! Couldn't agree more. Especially on the responsibility for how "we" behave, we know it's a lie, that motives matter, it's sad, when you see they didn't value YOU, but what they could get, take, manipulate, etc.. but then it's our responsibility to stop the sh¡+ show. Because we no longer participate. Thank you Richard 👍🏼♥️
He has full-blown NPD. His mother severely abused him and his brother before they were even in kindergarten. He confessed to me after 20 years that he likes no intimacy and no commitment. But he wanted to have children with me in 2022. We even went for fertility treatment. Still not married. He wanted to turn me into the mother symbol! I put a stop to the fertility treatment. We can not have children together, ever. Now I'm rendered dead ( because I set boundaries) even though we share bulldogs. I have never experienced anything like this in my life. It's severe abuse. I'm learning to use my life voice, my death voice, and my God voice. It was active earlier in our relationship before the abuse had started. Now I understand why he told me he can not stand the bond that my mom and I have. It all makes sense now.
They want to be the only important person and thing in your life. My ex Said to me several times “you are dead to me!!” They are the cruelest people walking this earth.
@tanyadepoalo4312 I won't ever understand such cruelty. He even laughed at people who were brought into the hospital in a very serious condition. At that point, I realised I never knew him. Fortunately, we have lived in separate houses ( his homes) since 2022. It's a 10 minute drive from his place to mine. I would never have healed if I stayed with the psychopathic narcissistic. His mother refuses to marry any man , so just like him, she rejects intimacy and commitment. There must be a genetic link there. 🤔
@@melisentiapheiffer3034 Glad you are out! Mine was the same, just want to spread his seed without any intention of being an actual parent. Take care of yourself.
Just get away from him. Leave and never look back.
@@Heidi_137 I have been saving money for four years already. I'm looking forward to the day I will be completely free of him.
Don't get stuck for the 32 years I was stuck for. He only moved out 3 weeks ago. I have NOT been able to say "no" yet. I tried to establish no contact, well, light contact. He wrapped me into it again so quickly. He is now back in his "I'm sorry, I will do ANYTHING to get you back. I will wait as long as it takes, because there is NO ONE else that I want to be with". Said these things only days after threatening to unleash a smear campaign on social media, as well as with my best friend. Only days after he said he was going to "erase" me from his life- all photos, all memories, anything that remotely reminded him of me. Yesterday, he called me to invite me to go hot tubbing at his co-worker's place. Again, AFTER he was so torturous that my young adult son told me to get a restraining order. This pattern has been happening every few days for the last few months, once I told him I was NOT going to participate in this cycle of abuse any longer. I just literally cannot do it or I will end up in a rubberized room in a mental institution. That is LITERALLY how I have been feeling.
I can relate to everything you say. They are crazy, horrible individuals who do live in their own twisted world as Richard says. I hope you can break free from your abuser’s clutches for good in the near future. Of course he’ll come out with a load of bs to get you back but literally nothing he says or promises you is true. Have a hug from me xx
I hope you have the strength to let him follow through on the "threat" of deleting the memory of you from his life. That will be the beginning of your healing, restoration and peace. Don't fall for empty words that mean nothing. Best of luck 💜
@@sharon_rose724 Well, He is still love-bombing, apologizing for being "relentless", asking me what he can do to come back into my life. AND apologizing for being "abusive" with his behavior this last week. It has been awful. He also has stalked me- showed up somewhere I went and came up behind me, unannounced, slapped his hands down on my shoulders. Freaked me out, took me by surprise, and later accused me of having "something going on" between me and my guitar player friend that was there with me. Not true. We are very good friends, and it was a blues jam that I convinced him to go to, because I am trying to help him get his art out of his head and more into his heart- getting on touch with the feeling side of the music some more. Sigh. I am SSSOOOOOO tired.
I understand you completely. Maybe your only solution is to prepare a full escape plan. It's hard and take time but it's doable. I had to move from Europe to Canada, change my name and occupation as well as get immigration alerted of his intentions of not letting go of me. It took about 2 years but I was able to escape fully. To this day I still don't use my new full name (nicknames only and nothing he would figure out and no face recognition pics, always vague) in fear I'd need to escape again, everything is under a business name too, phone, rental agreement, car... I will have to be cautious for the rest of my life but at least I got rid of my ex sociopathic narcissist. I wish you good luck and hope you find the courage to escape, but please don't tell anyone you are planning this, even your family, wait to be out and safe first. Sending you courage and love. 8 years of freedom, I wish the same for you, freedom!!!
You can do it! block him on everything and delete your social media accounts too don't second guess it do it because after a month you will instantly see how you don't need them, and it is setting a boundary by not feeling you need to tell everybody everything all the time or where you're going you just do it when you decide. It takes you back to simpler times again somewhat by distancing yourself from technology a bit and all the bad ways people are taking advantage of it all the time everything we read on them is just all about the lives of other people not ours.
For your phone change your number so he can't go calling you on different numbers and make sure to only give it to your most trusted then explain to them why to never hand your number to him no matter what he says it's for or what he asks.
Give him zero chance not the slightest to even so much as try to "explain" his "reasonings", he acts completely opportunistic all the time so you have to be opportunistic when needed so don't give him the any opening whatsoever because he'll see it and take it straight away seeing it as his way in. Don't be afraid to do it because he wouldn't hesitate to treat you the way he does remember that he wouldn't hesitate, why should you hesitate to do what you need to do for your safety and sanity?. Get yourself out of there girl!
Richard, as always, thank you for sharing your wisdom, experience, and expertise!
A few months ago, I told my NPD "I'm not playing your game". Nearly every day since then, in one form or another(not physical...Though they did threaten to break my bedroom door down)they have been making me pay for the narcissistic injury I have caused them.
If that wasn't bad enough, the head of the household is, and has always been, their enabler. Despite the abuse the enabler has seen and experienced first hand, he refuses to hold the NPD accountable for their actions.
So in essence, I am daily fighting three battles. One with my own mental health issues. One against my(the family's)NPD. And one against the NPD's enabler.
It is mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausting to say the least!
To all who are going through something similar, I wish you peace, happiness, and freedom.
I’m so sorry this was my sister. If you can go no contact with all of them and relocate it might help you
@@alpal87 Thank you for the reply, kind words and suggestions! I am currently trying to go no contact. Unfortunately, that is nearly impossible living in the same house. And to make matters worse, since I am denying the narcissist his "supply" he has repeatedly pressured the enabler to force me to have a sit down with him. There are no boundaries in this family. They are simply not allowed or respected.
So yes, the best option would be for me to move out. Which I, for a few reasons, am unable to do right now.
Thank you again! ✌❤
EDIT: My NPD is also a sibling. I hope that your issues with your sister are behind you. I wish you peace and happiness!
Thank you 🙏 I wish you the same!
@@mjm5081ugh. Sending you love ❤❤❤
@@tathe3786 Thank you! 🙏 ✌ ❤
I wish more people would talk about narcissism in the family.
Especially adult daughter with children.
I would say this is the worst abusive relationship
I agree !
Agree completely.
it sucks when it's in the family - with me it's my
sister and she has turned me into a villain who somhow is responsible for her bad choices - my family sympathizes but doesn't really see how sick she is
My ex friend had many narcissistic traits. Richard explained my relationship with this person perfectly. They constantly lied to me. Had multiple conversations about it. They continued to lie and manipulate. I’d finally had enough. She started to turn on me as I held to my boundaries. Left the friendship. My life is so much calmer now. I’ve recommended this channel to others.
You are so right when one sets boundaries saying NO - Narcissists get angry & all they do is take take & take. Giving is not in their vocabulary
I think the splitting is why I kept thinking and saying "I don't even know myself anymore", and why so many with cptsd get misdiagnosed with BPD. Thanks for some clarity, as usual, Richard.
Bipolar? Thats what im supposed to have. What my mom supposedly had. Ugh
My ex npd would say, "I hate it when you say no"
My reply was, "well I guess that's a you problem "
It only lasted 18ths and I was out. But I did have issues after. 3 mths on the outside almost back to 100%. Every time a thought of him or our experience comes up, I say NO 😂
My wife literally threw a temper tantrum in the middle of a shopping mall after she wondered into the Gucci store, saw a purse that she wanted, and I told her no.
Back track a week… I just bought her a beautiful Louis Vuitton bag for Mother’s Day.
She jumped up and down, stomped her feet and asked in a loud, whiny voice “why, am I not good enough? You don’t love me”!
This was before I knew what NPD was, but I still held my ground. I felt as though I was dealing with a bratty 15 year old, complete split in an instance.
I was married 3 months to a narcissist a textbook clinical machivellian , I saw what I needed to see from the first week and there was no shared fantasy at all and no love bombing.
As a former paramedic I was taking SOAP notes and sent him to a well known psychiatrist on my community. She agreed with my observations but got off the hook by saying that she doesn't live with him so she didn't see him as malignant.
I noted all of his actions and separated myself twice so that I was only exposed to his toxicity for 3 weeks the rest of the time I was at home in Texas living my life and preparing to leave.
Because he was living in his own private Idaho in his head...he believed that I took him to someone who he assumed was there to " help us work it out"
I took him there because I wanted my request for a divorce witnessed.
Due to the fact that they have no actual self and are always looking at what they look like to others.
He jumped up a bit in shock and 5 minutes later said I don't want to make anyone stay who doesn't want to be with me.{Covert Pity Party}
And a few hours later I had the divorce that I prayed for
“Every time a thought of him or our experience comes up, I say No.” That sounds like a good healing strategy. I think I’ll try it. Plus it gives me a giggle that you use the very word that he hated. Gotta love it. 😅
Please do an episode on when you realize you were a flying monkey and how you have to replay everything and realize all you had done.
Too bad I am a saiyan.
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I was raised in a sadistically abusive family fueled by crime, addiction, neglect & trauma & they pushed me into a relationship w a genuine NPD abuser @ jst 13, they welcomed him w open arm's & the abuse I suffered from them all is absolutely criminal & sadistic that started when I was so young pushed onto somebody else by my family is a whole other level of fckd up & is why I ddnt have a chance against him & the nxt 25+ yrs off on were far below the 7th Circle of Hell & I now have 2 yrs away from him, complete radio silence, moved town's & ALL my 411 so he only has my sister for the 411 & I made sure to tell her keep her mouth fckng shut for the trauma bond is so strong that I legit can't say NO to him once he's around, can't tell him to leave & the beginning of 2022 I was a hostage in my own apt & it was bad far worse than ever so I did my absolute bestest to go off the grid as far as he's concerned for fck that shit, nope. Over it. 2 yrs & counting day by day. 🤓🤓🤓
well done !
Keep strong. ❤
True. Sickness, deterioration and split have happened to me after I left. It has been two years and there’s is finally some recovery and hope. You have helped me Richard. I learned a lot from you. Very grateful. It has been almost two decades, wasted. Interesting how it all has changed me. My strength has grown back from the ashes. I have lost a lot. Professionally, financially, etc. But I am taking steps to repair damage and rebuild my life. I will be a different person, already am. More compassionate, with different priorities. No, do not harbor vengeance or have ill will but justice must be done.
I took your course and still listen to you in that it is good and refreshing to learn from an intelligent and educated individual.
Learning is so very important. Thank you Richard! Be well.
My brother is caught in the web of a narcissist. They have been together for years. He changed so much and has been gaslighted/brainwashed by this woman to the point our parents and family dont want to see him. So difficult to help, he cant see what is happening.
I've been questioning whether my ex was really suffering NPD but this video and your explanation of the process of the relationship and what it does to the partner of the NPD person just removed ALL doubt.
Thank you for the work that you are doing Richard. You are truly helping people. I appreciate you calling out us who go into these relationships too. We cannot heal and change if we don't admit our part in it all.
When he doesn't even say he'll change, but he persists in blaming ME for his terrible treatment of me! NO. Absolutely not tolerating this. It's a twisted, through-the-looking-glass world he's in, where he can behave horribly for no discernable reason, with no provocation by me, and it's my fault somehow - AND I am at fault for setting a boundary here! Narcissist, or sociopath, I don't care what the label is, I refuse to tolerate it.
My exgf spoke to me in such a degrading and spiteful manner that I finally called her out on it. She told me she was sorry she just used "fewer words than were in her head." Which made me even more upset, like I don't know what I heard. She couldn't bring herself to just acknowledge it happened. She then stayed mad and stonewalled and verbally abused and mistreated me for the next 3 days, like I was the offending party. I finally broke it off and she moved on to a new bf posting all over FB within 3 weeks. I blocked her everywhere possible. I don't miss her but the trauma bond and rumination absolutely suck. And I feel stuck. I knew she was bad when I met her and I ignored every red flag. So I pay the price for my stupidity. Thank the Lord we didn't get engaged or have a baby.
While these videos help me understand my own personal experiences, and help me deal with my daughter, who is displaying more than just a few traits herself, the videos help me see more and more how society is displaying these traits as a whole. I have been saying that the people are under NPD abuse from the governments, and society is infected with increasing numbers of those affected.
Thanks.. Hearing you talk makes me realise I do the right thing by saying no. No to myself. The cost of leaving is high .but still the best ..I feel the pain but I sleep normal and have my joy back since I'm on my own again...
3:20 omg this so explains the effect my brother had on me. I’d been quite a sweet kid I guess you could say and then that’s the thing my brother really used to target and for a number of years I then became convinced it was a bad side of myself and am only starting to regain it in the last year thank god
That's why I trust myself the most. After experiencing narcissism at home, at work and in my personal relationships, I learned how to be fully independent as a way to preserve my sense of Self and integrate more of my Higher Self!
Thank you Richard. Always adding another dimension to their condition that provides more clarity. Setting boundaries. After 8 years that’s what finished it. Each boundary I articulated, his behavior worsened. There was always a punishment after. Either immediately, raging then running away or withdrawing emotionally or becoming less available. I finally got to the point of … IM DONE. As you say I finally gave up hope. He will not change and I cannot be with someone who behaves this way. Feels so good to have the drama and chaos out of my life.
I just said No to an N after they asked me the same question a couple weeks ago and just asked again today…totally ignoring my first explanation as to why it was a No.
(I could almost feel the horns growing as their whole mood changed 🤭)
This pattern of pushing my boundaries is so obvious now when it occurs. Kinda funny to observe how consistently they try to manipulate acting as though they forgot the original No.
Thank you for your continued dedication , I’ve come along way learning from you in the last 10 years.
It feels so good to be able to trust my feelings say “NO” and see thru when I’m being manipulated 🙌
Yes!! Ex friend would always play the “ I don’t remember saying or doing that”. Or didn’t remember the conversation about her unkind behavior.
“I did that? Ha! I don’t even remember”, with a sing song sooorrrrry at the end. Then laugh. It was maddening.
Thank you, yes, set boundaries for yourself and not them.
That particular split did cause confusion. Absolutely correct!
Talk about synchronicity...
So today, after 8 years of being in a relationship, and 16 months of a steady process of realising my partner displays NPD after schooling myself over the last few months thanks to YOU Rich, ive realised exactly what i was living, had a person literally describing my daily life with her, and the abhorrent behaviour (vulnerable & covert). Today, I said 'No' and stood my ground to a very selfish and expectant demand which became repeated and habitually demanded....and I finally had the balls to say "No"
As a result, I've been told they want a divorce....which I'm happy to give because quite frankly...I see it as an opportunity for freedom from a relationship which has made me ill and not myself for a long time, and felt like a commodity who was expected to live up to unrealistic demands. Thankyou for you videos Richard, you've helped someone you actually know, however we've not seen or spoken for many years. I just wanted to say thankyou, and I hope you're well.
I need this course!
30 years of emotional abuse and today I’m going to begin to have him be of zero significance in my life!
I’m so very grateful for your in depth knowledge of these “troubled souls”!
Hope to catch a live chat/teaching!
God bless us all!🙏
i worked at a film studio for the first time as a production assistant
almost the whole staff were dysfunctional
i thought i was back in junior high school
I am a new subscriber; glad I found your channel. After escaping a serious LTR that was dangerous I swore to educate myself as much as I could on personality disorders to keep myself safe. But, I think I have more NPD's around me than I thought. Nothing close to me but I have to keep cautious. Thank you for your education.
I could listen to you talk for hours. Everything is spot on. ⚡️
Thanks a lot for sharing all this. Its highly relevant for those stuck in these toxic relationships.
You just described my father.
Thank you again, for your i insights.
Not alone in this abuse.
Brilliant video thanks ❤❤❤
It takes something to not walk around in the fear/frustration/resentment, especially in a shared spaces. Gray-rocking always felt weird to me, and I think realized it was because I was really just spending all my energy trying to avoid them… and thinking about how to avoid them, and if avoiding them would make them mad, etc - so they still somehow “won” my attention. Now I am trying to take that energy and actively turn it toward myself, with a focus on discovering, aligning, and walking in my Truths. I am trusting that I will have plenty of time to process all the chaos and pain once I’m in a safe space to do so, and a firmer faith in doing what is right for myself I imagine will probably go a long way with that.
Three years ago my Mom was killed by domestic assault, and it had taken me this long to see just how deep this pattern of codependency still runs, and the dangers of not truly interrupting it for good. I pray all the beautiful souls coming to the comment section of an abuse video for help realize that you already are and always have been perfect, whole, and complete. You are loved and you’ve got this!
boy, the very beginning of this was sounding like you were talking to me and the rest of my country directly. YES! ty
I love Richard. He is amazing
I thought I was going mad. Couldn't sleep, stressed, when I told my GP and the Gp asked what might be the cause of the stress and depression, I had no answer. My work is great, but when am coming bk home, I get this feeling of worthlessness, anything I say gets deflected and I end up being accused of something I have no idea about. The headaches every day oh God.pain killers became my snack. But what amazed me was my partner would look at me in my sorry state and say things like, ur over thinking ..... (any nasty word she would come up with) . I look at her In shock then she smiles, when I ask, what's funny ,she tells me am so uptight ,I can't take a joke, then I get even more angry and confused. As I try to ask her to explain her self she walks away with earphones in her ears. Anything I say from then never gets replied too but she gives me this nasty look accompanied with eye-rolling. But it all starts with me asking a simple question which am of the impression requires just a basic simple yes or no. At the end I regret even asking the question in the first place.
I hope you manage to get away from this person. I am reading this and sounds similar to what I have experienced, but difference being I have my own place.
But the feeling of unbelievable stress, sleeplessness, headaches (my headache tablet consumption alone has kept my little pharmacist in business), etc etc I am only too familiar with.
I have found the only thing that truly works is to walk and go no contact. Hardest thing I have done and I have failed at it often over the past three yrs. But at some point the realisation sets in that one can either allow for this to continue and be a victim, or extricate oneself for the sake of one’s health - physical and emotional. I don’t want to get physically sick over this. I want the positive energy to return.
And I dare say you will want the same for you.
Pls for your own sake / walk away from this person. And the best of luck.
Exactly!
I encountered these same women over and over again!
No means No!
They will never accept these two simple letters!!
They go off the rails again, but too bad!
I will keep God close and closer, in prayer at ALL times with ALL the Holy Angels!
Run far away from them.
Betcha, they start stalking again!
Psychos don’t understand NO!🙏❤️🕊🌟🎶🌹
Just learning for the first time to answer "no" is a piece of work
Another piece of work is discerning when you have and should give that answer...
And discerning people who for sure deserve your "no" is another big piece of work
And good luck for all on this pathway
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I know you are so right. The moment I defend my boundaries (the ones we agreed upon, after I discovered one of his long term affairs for crying out loud!) he discarded me. I took down his mask, threw him out of the house (because he really crossed my boundaries big time) and now he is turning it around on me. I’m the one who threw him out, just like that, out of the blue. He has convinced his therapist, his new ‘girlfriend’ (months after a twenty year deep and intense relationship, with marriage and child) and everyone else.
I have to admit, I’m baffled, don’t know how to get out. I know what’s going on, but I just cannot fathom it. He faked 20 years. He took 20 years of my (prime) life and now, according to him, I just have to “get over it”. HOW!? This is going on for some years. I know realistically what’s happening, but I just cannot wrap my mind around it. It’s devastating.
Thank you so much for this. I can’t express how much relief I feel at hearing another human being so clearly describe what I have been through and why it affected my mental health so much! Very cathartic.
I'm at the stage of say nothing and run
The biggest strength I had was Knowing My Truth and calling them out. Whether it be a brother, sister, friend or boyfriend. God has always been my truth teller and my guides have been my angels. Many times I have spent some time Blinded ( believing in the false narrative) but sooner or later the Light shown through and the truth set me free.
100% agree with everything you said. It ends up a strategic war. I went to the darkest places and if I I did not go through six years of being in a narcissistic abusive relationship and leaving it I would not have been changed forever so radically. He kept trying to come back and think I was going to fall back into the lies, cheating, manipulation, gaslighting, ghosting which was to put me back in my box and set his boundaries and expectations. I realised this was about me more than him and my boundaries, expectations and emotionality. I dived deep to pull it all apart and most of my expectations went back to my childhood and the consequence of having a narcissistic father as a male role model who was physically and emotionally abusive. Self centered and full of rage and self gratification. His mood swings controlled wether I was happy or sad, scared or safe. I was always seeking his approval to feel whole. Ironically I have had to move both him and my mother in due to their health and he has not changed and will not change. He soon found out I am not the scared child he controlled through his behaviours. And he will launch character assassinations, yell, rant and rave to try to intimidate and have his way. Though being aged he cannot use physical violence as a tool anymore. My mother still feeds the situation and stands by his side loyally making excuses and sacrificing her happiness for his. My brother has not see either of them for many many years. Still angry at his childhood treatment and both parents refusal to see wrong or change their toxic behaviours. Sad really especially for my mother.
when you say “that’s not true” and they play the “you’re the abuser invalidating me” card
A boundary is proof the scapegoat is trying to control the narcissist who is therefore justified in punishing the scapegoat.
Just enforcing the boundaries. They have no respect for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, now they want to my ibsesseive, then. Possessive, and then super controlling? Violating you at every chance they can get which is extremely wrong. The punishment isnt mines,it's theirs, and its not revenge, its not vengeance, its justice. They ruin my body and if it would've kept on going, I would've been dead with everything about me, destroyed. I never thought I would say it but just like those Vietnam vets, better them than me.
There are some things worse than death and they were trying to do that very same things to me. I was super stripped of my life and the world to the max. They're evil. I was saved. And if it will come at the cost of their life and limb then I don't want it. They need to change.
Anyone who has that emotional overlay, that enmeshment where I AM you and you ARE me but of course I AM the one in charge of us… is going to insist upon no boundaries because not controlling their supply makes them feel out of control themselves. Meanwhile, of course, you’re becoming a ghost who can’t interact with anything.
Wow. Talk about being in between a rock and a hard place
@@lauramytunes between the absolute torment of hell and the empty void of eternal purgatory. That’s a relationship with a cluster B.
i am constantly blown away by your work - it is a saving grace
Normal world:Looking nice and presentable is good. Looking slobbish bad.
Narc crazy world: looking slobbish is good.
Looking nice is snobbish and bad
I appreciate you SO much Richard! Thank you!
Most of them are too psycho to argue with or even say no to.
Bad idea. Just ignore it and move away. You can't argue with a loony.
The Narcs in my family have boundaries but don't want to follow anyone else's.
I'm at the stage where i say no to myself, saying no to him is not worth it, the abusive rage is too extreme. I'm keeping it too myself until I'm able to silently leave. I focused for 5 years on his childhood trauma and now I've learnt i really can't help him and I've only ended up sick
When It's a Whole town tried for so long to break you down and take the most precious folk in your life, like your kids..
I going to This slow process. I'm not longer there, but Those memories wake me up at nigth. ❤❤
We are SAFE...
Am only on day 3 of no contact - not going to lie - it’s tough - a lot of trauma bond - but am already noticing a bit of a sense of calm settling in - I just hope and pray I will be able to stay strong enough to stay away - I know this narc doesn’t think I will really stay away - how would he - I have always gone back / but this time feels different - he’s overplayed his hand and the realisation has set it that if I don’t stick w this now, I will end up in serious trouble
And most importantly, I want my life back, my independence, my independence of thought, of knowing right from wrong, the needless apologising, the agony of days of silent treatment, the narcs rudeness and disdain, the vile devalues when already down and broken
The author of these videos I find is one of the best on TH-cam
Watching a bunch of them is helping a lot
Some others worth watching: Dr Ramani, Dr Les Carter, Jerry Wise, and a recent discovery Elephant in the Room.
Please give yourself love, honesty, empathy, and attention. Listen to what you feel and think. It takes time to process this awful abuse. Such abusers are unworthy of your loyalty, love, or trust.
Good luck!
Short and sweet - entirely accurate 😁
I needed to hear this today, thankyou Richard ☮️
You can put them on a behavior plan. They will either show you an ability to pick and choose their behavior or they will leave you. You will see an extinction burst. Ride it out and you'll win.
Thank you Richard Grannon! Only 2 months in and so damaged by The Narcissist. I came out before watching this video as I lost my husband recently and promised myself I would never give into someone who hurts me. Still, your video brings so much comfort. Thank you!
My mother was a narcissist and she used to always tell us three kids that we had shit brown eyes just like our dad. She died young at 54 and the sad part is I don’t even miss her.
Two years in, (almost), nothing changed. Nothing grew. Stayed stagnant and unfulfilling for me. Lies by omission, and the stonewalling, the sadistic insults, and backhanded compliments. He must be in. wORLD of hurt. I won’t be his designated punching bag. I am strong. I did my homework this past 1.5 years. I know more than I ever wanted to know about this. And I “check the math”, by asking myself, would ANY of my male friends treat me this way. NO. They would not. Secure men lift women up, not tear them down. Over time ther was less and less we could talk about, until there was nothing. I have a joyful life ahead of me. That’s where I am going. He is not invited.❤
They discard you and discard their own children too and focus on their new supply. I accepted it and moved on living my life and kept shinning and he doesn't exist. They always reap what they sow especially as they're getting older. I feel sorry for whoever he is with because that person has zero idea of who that monster is.
Did this, started to say No, completely cut this particular person from my life (family member) and four years later with no contact I'm feeling normal more than at any time of my life.. This person has been triangulating like crazy in an effort to 'get' to me. Utterly insane when you actually take a few steps back and out of their influence and you can see clearly exactly what was happening. Disturbing. I recommend this course from Richard , I honestly could not have done it without his help here, it's not easy but what he says is true, they can and DO become utterly inconsequential in your life.
Yup - my mum’s behaviour is cruel, relentless & confusion. Hazing & she is so stupid. Like talking to an echoing cardboard box.
Oh, the phrase ‘the cult they created’ really hit me. You are so right.
And the lies and lies and lies I see only now… Wow, it really does hurt🤪
You can set boundaries, but when you dont know the lies from truth it is difficult to find those boundaries and barriers, even when one is trying to heal. I really appreciate your insight and taking the ti.e to explain in practical ways how we can better ourself and others. Great video
My daughter has finally agreed to move out of the house, away from her narcissistic baby daddy . We are helping her to see how he has effected her. Someone that was a caring loving and strong willed confident person turned into a crying exausted, insecure person. She will not tell him when she is leaving. Almost everything is in place
I experienced the breakdown you described, almost verbatim…. went to outpatient, started a bunch of meds, now I have stomach ulcers and just found out I probably have lupus. She ruined my life, mentally and physically. I often spend my day begging to be normal again. It feels like a virus and I was blaming myself for the symptoms. Thank you for the insight.
I'm happy I found your channel, I'm dealing with a part time employee, exactly like this.
7 months away and the spell is truly broke. He has at least 5 in his energy. I'm slowly putting my life back together. And yes I did say NO and been no contact since April.