Overcoming a Relationship with a Narcissist
Nothing was real but the pain.
It’s been half a year since he left. I’ve been to different therapies, support groups, read a lot of books and written about my experience. No day has passed where I didn’t think about him.
There were days when I didn’t cry and some days when I managed to ban him from my thoughts for a few hours. There were also days when I was able to enjoy things again.
I was making slow progress.
A few weeks after he broke up with me, I started discovering everything I could about narcissism and psychological abuse. I went through a discovery process, working through everything that had happened and putting it into the context of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Then I slowly focused on my healing. I knew it would be a difficult path and that it would be more of a roller-coaster ride than a steady process. I also knew that I had to detach myself from him, leave the job where I would still see him every day and not get upset over how effortlessly he had moved on months…
