How Will I Know I Have Completely Healed from Narcissistic Abuse?

It’s kind of like how you know when you’re in labor — you KNOW.

Melissa Kalt, MD
6 min readJan 16, 2022
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The space between knowing and feeling is vast.

  • You may know you are better off without the narcissist, yet you feel like you miss them.
  • You may know the narcissist lied to you yet feel like maybe after this time apart, they’ve changed.
  • You may know narcissistic relationships are not good for you yet feel attracted to narcissists.

Cognitive healing can happen quickly under the right circumstances.

Healing your body and spirit take a commitment, not only time.

On the journey from narcissist victim to antifragile narcissist survivor, there are 5 steps.

Step 1: Awareness and Education

Step 1 is where you start to learn about narcissism.

  • Maybe someone has encouraged you to look into it.
  • Maybe you’ve stumbled upon it after searching for answers to explain a dysfunctional dynamic.

This step is where your eyes start to open and you continue to grow in awareness and insight for…

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Melissa Kalt, MD

Executive Consultant/Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Specialist/ Solver of Unsolvable Problems/Master Healer/ Entrepreneur/ Author/ Speaker/ Mother of 5.