Covert Narcissists & The Chilling Void of Weaponized ‘Switching Off’

Covert narcissists turn off emotional responses critical to healthy human relationships

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The Covert Narcissist as a Slightly Evil Hedgehog — by Myla Morningstar

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When my covert narcissist first began to actively devalue me, I was awash in confusion. I had fuzzy logic. It felt like I was doing the backstroke in a huge swimming pool filled with mental mud.

The worst part was that I couldn’t describe what was happening to me. Not even to myself. Because a lot of what was happening to me were things that WEREN’T happening. And how do I explain that?

How was I supposed to explain to someone else that the things that weren’t happening to me were just as damaging as the things that were?