If You Tell a Narcissist You Are Leaving

Colleen Sheehy Orme
Nov 3 · 2 min read

You’ve started a war you never saw coming.

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Most individuals opt for divorce as a sad or unfortunate resolution to a long-suffering relationship. Yet narcissists view divorce as the beginning of the game. There will be no negotiation. There will be no fair settlement.

It will be a raging war.

It will involve control, punishment, and winning.

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Colleen Sheehy Orme

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National Relationship Columnist, Freelance Journalist & Former Business Columnist. All Shapes of Love — Relationships, Breakups and Family #WomanResurrected

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