Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I had no idea was I was dealing with
I think of all the time I’ve spent being told to my face the things I saw, things I heard, even things that were done to me, did not happen.
That didn’t happen that way. That did not happen. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Stop making things up. Why are you so angry? What’s wrong with you? This is all your fault!
Yes, my head was spinning. So were my heart and my soul.
A story about Gaslighting stopped me in my tracks. The definition of what I knew was happening but had no words to describe, and even when I did, no one believed me. Here’s a link to Wikipedia for a solid definition.
Then: Divine Intervention. I was given access to a course — a whole fucking course! — about Narcissism. Lectures, handouts, and homework by people who study this growing personality phenomenon.
Google must have been paying attention to my googling and recommended a book: Becoming the Narcissists Nightmare by Shahida Arabi. This book knocked me for a loop.
