Were You a Narcissist’s Dirty Little Secret?
If you were, you existed to be the receptacle for their shame.
A person with Narcissist Personality Disorder, or commorbid Antisocial Personality Disorder, is a person carrying a mountain of secrets.
If you were enmeshed with one, you likely are still unaware of the true scope of betrayals that occurred against you.
They are incredibly painful to face, so shocking they will cause massive cognitive dissonance.
You likely left them because the abuses became too extreme, or you uncovered some of their shameful secrets, or they suddenly discarded you, but the truth is that for every betrayal you pulled back the veil on, you likely only saw THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
In fact, their shocking truths actually insulate them in a way, because they operate in ways that make it incredibly hard for anyone to believe they could be true.
For a person with empathy, the things they do are simply unimaginable.
And, when you are used to interacting with their carefully constructed fantasy self, you really don’t want to believe it, because their mask is so lovable.
Their mask is designed after YOU.
